Raymond Chandler is hard-boiled

When people hear the name Raymond Chandler they think crime fiction or detective fiction. They also think about the famous character Philip Marlowe who was first introduced to us in the novel "The Big Sleep" which was published in a famous magazine called The Black Mask. Raymond Chandler is known for the mark he left on the hard-boiled fiction. Although Chandler did not start hard-boiled fiction he was one of few successors. What is hard-boiled fiction? Hard-boiled fiction is an unsentimental style of American crime writing that was brought to the detective fiction field by Dashiell Hammett. It includes sex and violence and usually takes place in an urban area where crime is active. Hard-boiled fiction also uses a lot of slang and fast pace speech. The term hard-boiled came from the fact that hard boiled eggs are tough just like the detectives in these hard-boiled novels. Raymond Chandler along with other writers perfected the hard-boiled writing style. Almost all of Chandler's works fall into the hard-boiled category he is very faithful to that style of writing and he has made a name for himself by doing so. Stories and Novels that follow the hard-boil theme are "The Big Sleep", "Red Wind", "Farewell, My Lovey", and "The Little Sister". All of these story deal with corruption in urban cities that need a detective to solve the case and they all include some sort of violence.

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    "Hard-boiled Fiction (American Literature)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 25 Apr. 2012. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/254914/hard-boiled-fiction>.


    "Hard-Boiled Fiction." Enotes.com. Enotes.com. Web. 25 Apr. 2012. <http://www.enotes.com/hard-boiled-fiction-criticism/hard-boiled-fiction>.


     "Hardboiled." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Apr. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardboiled>. (Picture source also)


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    "The Big Sleep." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Apr. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Sleep>.