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1 online resource (pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Russian history and culture ; v. 11
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Russian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
"As many street cops as corners": displacing 1905 in the Pinkertons -- A terrible vengeance: the "avenger detective" in Russia -- Slumming litterateurs and starving students: the Pinkertons' purported authors -- The persistence of Pinkertons: reception before and after the revolution -- The red Pinkerton's rise: Bukharin and the Komsomol -- How the mess was mended: Marietta Shaginian and red pinkertonism -- The novel, the film, and the kinoroman: parody and the decline of the red Pinkerton -- The question of genre and the Pinkertons' legacy. |
| Summary |
This book examines the staggering popularity of early-twentieth-century Russian detective serials, traditionally maligned as "Pinkertonovshchina," and posits the "red Pinkerton" as a vital "missing link" between pre- and post-Revolutionary popular literature. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism -- 20th century.
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Detective and mystery stories. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Detective and mystery stories, Russian -- Russia -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, Russian. |
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Russia. |
| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery stories, Russian.
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Detective and mystery stories, Russian -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism.
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Soviet Union. |
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Books and reading -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
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Books and reading. |
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History. |
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Books and reading -- Soviet Union -- History.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dralyuk, Boris. Western crime fiction goes East. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004233102 (DLC) 2012027326 (OCoLC)799025102 |
| ISBN |
9789004234895 (electronic book) |
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9004234896 (electronic book) |
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9781283618342 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283618346 (MyiLibrary) |
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9789004233102 |
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9004233105 |
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