| Author/Contributor(s): | Cassuto, Leonard |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 11/05/2008 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected paperback gems, Cassuto chronicles the dialogue--centered on the power of sympathy--between these popular genres and the sweeping social changes of the twentieth century, ending with a surprising connection between today's serial killers and the domestic fictions of long ago.