This essay provides new insights into the development of interwar crime fiction by investigating how, and to what extent, two such apparently irreconcilable subgenres as the classic detective story and the psychological thriller interact and intertwine in the work of often- neglected Golden Age writers.

“The Ghost of Dr. Freud Haunts Everything Today”: Criminal Minds in the Golden Age Psychological Thriller

Stefano Serafini
2019

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This essay provides new insights into the development of interwar crime fiction by investigating how, and to what extent, two such apparently irreconcilable subgenres as the classic detective story and the psychological thriller interact and intertwine in the work of often- neglected Golden Age writers.
2019
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