Ross Macdonald’s Violent California: Imagery Patterns in The Underground Man
@article{Pry2017RossMV, title={Ross Macdonald’s Violent California: Imagery Patterns in The Underground Man}, author={Elmer R. Pry}, journal={Western American Literature}, year={2017}, volume={9}, pages={197 - 203} }
It is easy to underestimate the literary merits of any given detective story: we study Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of ratiocination in our literature courses because we agree that his arabesque psychological stories are masterpieces; we often read Sherlock Holmes in our popular culture courses, for we know that Conan Doyle created the first truly “popular” detective; and Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Ham m ett have a place in our classroom syllabi, particularly as their works contribute to the…
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The Underground Man
- Art
- 1971
When a chance encounter makes him a witness to the abduction of a child, private detective Lew Archer can't help but be drawn into the case, pursuing a trail that leads all too quickly to murder.…