60 The Hardboiled Novel: D. Hammett and R. Chandler. The English Detective Novel: P. D. James

Flashcards covering the key vocabulary from the lecture notes.

Detective Novel

A popular genre known for thrilling plots, engaging characters, and clever mysteries.

Clues

Pieces of evidence that help the detective solve the crime.

Red Herrings

False leads that distract the detective from the real solution.

Hard-boiled detective and crime fiction

In America, detective novels reflected the lack of law and order of cities .

Hard-boiled detective and crime fiction

It is distinguished by an unsentimental portrayal of crime, violence, graphic sex, vivid urban backgrounds, and fast-paced, slangy dialogue.

Dashiell Hammett

his innovations became his legacy and they were incorporated in the hard-boiled melodramas

Film Noir

characterized by its criminal plots, morality ambiguity and the lack of “good” individuals.

Dashiell Hammett

American writer credited for the invention of hard-boiled detective fiction.

Dashiell Hammett

He created Sam Spade, who is his most famous detective character, a hard-boiled detective hardened by experience and rarely showing his feelings.

Hammett’s writing style

known for his straightforward writing style, with crisp dialogue and three-dimensional characters.

Raymond Chandler

An American crime writer who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential writers in the genre.

Raymond Chandler’s writing style

Chandler's hard-boiled style of writing is known for its vivid depictions of the seedy underworld of Los Angeles, tough, cynical characters, and sharp dialogue.

Gothic Influence

influence is set to account for the dark settings, unfathomable motivations and unexpected solutions.

P.D. James’s Writing Style

James's writing style is characterized by elegance and atmosphere, exploring complex psychological themes and issues of class, gender, and morality.

P. D. James

British mystery novelist best known for her fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard and who earned the sobriquet “Queen of Crime”.