Gardner, ES - Gardner

... Realists, dissatisfied with the amateur detectives who came after Dupin, who viewed life as too much of a game and showed an insulting intelligence and pedantism, placed active police officers and amateur detectives who were forced to get their hands and feet dirty in the quagmire of the city as their protagonists. Especially from the 1930s, when social unrest became serious, so-called "hard-boiled" novels, in which a lone wolf with tough nerves and a tough physique confronts a huge social organization, such as works by uniquely American writers as D. Hammett, ES Gardner (1889-1970), R. Chandler, and Ross MacDonald (1915-83), were widely welcomed around the world, and writers of this tendency appeared in various countries. The characteristics of this type of novel are the strong personalities of men who are not overwhelmed by emotion, especially the charms of women, and a concise, colloquial style that emphasizes action rather than psychology. ...

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…　デュパン以後の素人探偵が，あまりにも人生をゲーム視しすぎ，鼻につくほどの知性やペダンティズムを示すのに不満な現実派は，市井の泥沼で手足を汚すことを迫られる現職警官や素人探偵を主人公に置く。とくに社会不安が深刻になってきた1930年代から，タフな神経と肉体を持つ一匹狼が巨大な社会組織に立ち向かうという，いわゆる〈ハードボイルド〉小説，例えばD.ハメット，E.S.ガードナー(1889‐1970)，R.チャンドラー，ロス･マクドナルド(1915‐83)など，アメリカ独特の作家の作品が広く世界中で歓迎され，同傾向の作家が各国に出現した。この種の小説の特色は，感情におぼれない，とくに女性の魅力に動かされない男の強烈な個性と，心理より行動に重点を置く簡潔な口語的文体である。…

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