H.C. Bailey's Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction by Laird R Blackwell
H.C. Bailey's detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories that were published from 1920 to 1940 where he truly shone, combining elements of several popular archetypes--the eccentric logician, the forensic investigator, the hard-boiled interrogator, the psychological profiler, the defender of justice. This critical study examines the Fortune stories in the context of other popular detective fiction of the era. Bailey's classics are distinguished by well-clued puzzles, brilliant sleuthing, vivid description and social critique, with Fortune evoking images of Don Quixote and the Arthurian Knights in his pursuit of truth and justice in an uncaring world.
“impressively well informed..outstanding...unreservedly recommended”—Midwest Book Review; “examines detective story author H.C. Bailey’s character Reggie Fortune in the context of Golden Age detective fiction from the late 1910s and the middle of the 1940s”—ProtoView.
Laird R. Blackwell is a humanities professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College in the Lake Tahoe area of western Nevada, where he taught psychology and literature for 31 years. He is the author of four critical studies of detective fiction for McFarland and the recipient of nominations for an Edgar Award and an Agatha Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781476670690 |
| ISBN 10 | 1476670692 |
| Title | H.C. Bailey's Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction |
| Author | Laird R Blackwell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McFarland |
| Year published | 2017-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 188 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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