Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)

A selective list of online literary criticism for detective fiction author Raymond Chandler, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars and articles published in peer-reviewed sources

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Literary criticism

Hiney, Tom. The first chapter in Hiney's Raymond Chandler, A Biography Also a NYTimes review, 6/22/97

Horsley, Lee. An introduction to Raymond Chandler from the Literary Encyclopedia, 18 July 2001

Horsley, Lee. Introduction to Farewell My Lovely, from the Literary Encyclopedia

MacDonald, Susan Peck. "Chandler's American style." Style, Winter, 2005

Peters, Michael Scott. "Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir." Literature Film Quarterly, 2003

Routledge, Christopher. A matter of disguise: Locating the self in Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep' and 'The Long Goodbye.' Studies in the Novel Spring 1997.

Links to original NYTimes reviews (from the 1930s-1950s) of The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, The Lady in the Lake, and The Long Goodbye

Reading Group Guide for The Long Goodbye, from Random House

A brief appreciation of some of Raymond Chandler's works. By Robert Westbrook

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