Abstract
This chapter focuses on American crime and detective fiction published after World War I. It first discusses pulp publishing and its role in the transformation of American crime writing, with particular reference to the Black Mask magazine and its early years. It then cites the works of writers such as Carroll John Daly as well as Dashiell Hammett's contribution to the creation of a distinctively American form of crime fiction. It also examines the protagonists featured in crime and detective fiction during the Depression era, along with the novels of Horace McCoy and James M. Cain. Finally, it analyzes Raymond Chandler's notion of “quality of redemption”.
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