Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's mystery magazine and the art of the detective short story / Laird R. Blackwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackwell, Laird R. (Laird Richard), 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queen, Ellery--Correspondence.

Queen, Ellery.

Queen, Ellery-Correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories.Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the renowned Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

One. From Thinking Machine to Human Being-From Ellery I to Ellery II

Two. A Quorum of Queens, the Old Masters and the New Masters

Three. A Never-Ending Stream of Manuscripts

Four. The Old Masters Resuscitated

Five. The New Masters Celebrated

Six. The Acclaimed and the Awarded

Seven. "'Tec Tyros" as Masters of the Future

Eight. Other Significant Debuts

Nine. The Fine Arts of Parody, Pastiche and Spoof

Ten. Queen as Champion, Cheerleader, Critic and Patron

Appendix: Story Titles

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-3561-7

OCLC:

1089344672