Reviews for Women Authors of Detective Series: Twenty-One American and British Writers,1900-2000

The average rating for Women Authors of Detective Series: Twenty-One American and British Writers,1900-2000 based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-02-23 00:00:00 Susanne Fjellseth O'Connell has written a history of New York through literature. This was great fun for me being a NY history fan and a literature reader. From Washington Irving and Walt Whitman to Norman Mailer and Truman Capote, he covers a wide gamut of writers. A whole chapter is devoted to the Harlem Renaissance and the writers who came out of that movement. The single theme (give or take) seems to be the heartbreak of living in New York--it is a tough city. For those of us who live in New York, it is simply home...we go through out daily lives not needing to be Masters of the Universe (Tom Wolfe) and for us, it is where we live. It is true that many people come to NY to master it, and it's a big city! You will be inspired to read books you haven't and re-read those you've read years ago.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-13 00:00:00 James Arthur Excellent literary history of New York. Very well written and gave me a lot suggestions for future self-education reading. The decision to confine almost all of the black authors to the Harlem Renaissance chapter was something I did not appreciate, but the chapter itself was excellent. Also not appreciated: the author's dismissal of Dorothy Parker as a wannabe Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of Edna St. Vincent Millay as an adorable sprite who wrote very nice poetry and, more importantly, inspired men to write vital and pressing things. But overall, the book was a thought-provoking and in-depth analysis of the magnetic pull New York City exerts on authors.