SOURCE: Naremore, James. “Dashiell Hammett and the Poetics of Hard-Boiled Detection.” In Art in Crime Writing: Essays on Detective Fiction, edited by Bernard Benstock, pp. 49-72. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983.
In the following essay, Naremore discusses style, characterization, and themes in the novels of Dashiell Hammett, praising his handling of language and placing his works in historical context.
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