Western crime fiction goes East [electronic resource] : the Russian Pinkerton craze 1907-1934 / by Boris Dralyuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dralyuk, Boris.

Series:

Russian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 11.

Russian history and culture ; vol. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Russia--History--20th century.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--Soviet Union--History.

Detective and mystery stories--20th century--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories.

Detective and mystery stories, Russian--Russia--20th century--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, Russian.

Detective and mystery stories, Russian--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the staggering popularity of early-twentieth-century Russian detective serials. Traditionally maligned as “Pinkertonovshchina,” these appropriations of American and British detective stories featuring Nat Pinkerton, Nick Carter, Sherlock Holmes, Ethel King, and scores of other sleuths swept the Russian reading market in successive waves between 1907 and 1917, and famously experienced a “red” resurgence in the 1920's under the aegis of Nikolai Bukharin. The book presents the first holistic view of “Pinkertonovshchina” as a phenomenon, and produces a working model of cross-cultural appropriation and reception. The “red Pinkerton” emerges as a vital “missing link” between pre- and post-Revolutionary popular literature, and marks the fitful start of a decades-long negotiation between the regime, the author, and the reading masses.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 As Many Street Cops as Corners”: Displacing 1905 in the Pinkertons

2 A Terrible Vengeance: The “Avenger Detective” in Russia

3 Slumming Littérateurs and Starving Students: The Pinkertons’ Purported Authors

4 The Persistence of Pinkertons: Reception before and after the Revolution

5 The Red Pinkerton’s Rise: Bukharin and the Komsomol

6 How the Mess Was Mended: Marietta Shaginian and Red Pinkertonism

7 The Novel, the Film, and the Kinoroman: Parody and the Decline of the Red Pinkerton

8 The Question of Genre and the Pinkertons’ Legacy

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-61834-6

9786613930798

90-04-23489-6

OCLC:

811562963