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 1920s 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brill
ISBN-13
9789004233102
eBay Product ID (ePID)
138573613
Product Key Features
Book Title
Western Crime Fiction Goes East: the Russian Pinkerton Craze 1907-1934
Author
Boris Dralyuk
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
182 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
11
Item Weight
445g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Boris Dralyuk
Series Title
Russian History and Culture
Country/Region of Manufacture
Netherlands
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