JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pie in the Sky: Political Readings of Dashiell Hammett’s “Faith”.

  • Published In: Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company), 2025, v. 43, n. 1. P. 48 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Zumof, Jacob A. 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay examines “Faith,” a short story by Dashiell Hammett unpublished in his lifetime, exploring its relationship to detective fiction, proletarian fiction, and literary modernism. The story’s setting suggests a left-wing perspective yet resists easy political categorization, contributing to our understanding of Hammett’s evolving literary approach to detective fiction and complex relationship to left-wing politics and modernism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company). 2025/03, Vol. 43, Issue 1, p48
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:07424248
  • Accession Number:186938196
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