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- catalog abstract "Edgar Award-winning writer Tony Hillerman has earned a reputation as a Grand Master of the popular mystery. This is the first full-length examination of his work. One of the most successful contemporary American writers, Hillerman has made his stories of Native American detectives instrumental to understanding modern American life. Through the creation of his Navajo detective characters and his treatment of the problems of order and identity in modern society, Hillerman. Has given new vigor to the popular genre of mystery fiction. This study examines each of his 13 novels in turn and includes a biographical chapter and a chapter on his innovations in the genre of detective fiction. This careful study of the narrative techniques and thematic investigations of Hillerman's detective fiction illuminates the way he has crafted a new and profound method for understanding the conditions of modern life. A biographical chapter traces the. Influence of his life on his writing. Individual chapters on his novels are divided into sections on setting, plot, generic conventions, character development, and themes. In addition, Reilly offers alternate approaches - such as feminist criticism or post-colonialism - from which to read the novel, which gives the reader another perspective on the fiction. This study discusses all of Hillerman's novels: The Blessing Way, The Fly on the Wall, Dance Hall of the Dead, People of Darkness, The Dark Wind, Listening Woman, The Ghostway, Skinwalkers, A Thief of Time, Talking God, Coyote Waits, Sacred Clowns, and Finding Moon. A complete bibliography of Hillerman's work, critical and biographical sources, and a list of reviews of each of his novels completes the work.".
- catalog contributor b9994664.
- catalog coverage "Southwestern States In literature.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Edgar Award-winning writer Tony Hillerman has earned a reputation as a Grand Master of the popular mystery. This is the first full-length examination of his work. One of the most successful contemporary American writers, Hillerman has made his stories of Native American detectives instrumental to understanding modern American life. Through the creation of his Navajo detective characters and his treatment of the problems of order and identity in modern society, Hillerman.".
- catalog description "Has given new vigor to the popular genre of mystery fiction. This study examines each of his 13 novels in turn and includes a biographical chapter and a chapter on his innovations in the genre of detective fiction. This careful study of the narrative techniques and thematic investigations of Hillerman's detective fiction illuminates the way he has crafted a new and profound method for understanding the conditions of modern life. A biographical chapter traces the.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index.".
- catalog description "Influence of his life on his writing. Individual chapters on his novels are divided into sections on setting, plot, generic conventions, character development, and themes. In addition, Reilly offers alternate approaches - such as feminist criticism or post-colonialism - from which to read the novel, which gives the reader another perspective on the fiction. This study discusses all of Hillerman's novels: The Blessing Way, The Fly on the Wall, Dance Hall of the Dead,".
- catalog description "People of Darkness, The Dark Wind, Listening Woman, The Ghostway, Skinwalkers, A Thief of Time, Talking God, Coyote Waits, Sacred Clowns, and Finding Moon. A complete bibliography of Hillerman's work, critical and biographical sources, and a list of reviews of each of his novels completes the work.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 218 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Tony Hillerman.".
- catalog identifier "031329416X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tony Hillerman.".
- catalog isPartOf "Critical companions to popular contemporary writers, 1074-4193".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,".
- catalog relation "Tony Hillerman.".
- catalog spatial "Southwestern States In literature.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Chee, Jim (Fictitious character)".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Hillerman, Tony Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character)".
- catalog subject "Navajo Indians in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS3558.I45 Z8 1996".
- catalog subject "Police in literature.".
- catalog title "Tony Hillerman : a critical companion / John M. Reilly.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".