Frederick Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story Blackwell Laird R.Paperback / softback
Frederick Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story Blackwell Laird R.Paperback / softback Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the…
Specifikacia Frederick Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story Blackwell Laird R.Paperback / softback
Frederick Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story Blackwell Laird R.Paperback / softback
Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Queen--both a pen name and the fictional protagonist of the stories--was also a vital force behind the continuing popularity of crime fiction in the early to mid-20th century, after the deaths of Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the renowned Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
This book presents the first critical study of Ellery Queen's role in the preservation of the detective short story. Chesterton, Melville Davisson Post, and other Old Masters of the genre. Many of the writers, characters and stories EQMM championed are covered, including such celebrated authors as Allingham, Ambler, Ellin, Innes, Vickers, and even William Butler