Michael Chong:
<<The documentary also stated that both Hammett and
Chandler were influenced by Hemingway. I'm pretty sure rara
avians have dealt with this assumption before, but I find it
unfounded. I've read that Hemingway read Hammett before he
started writing his novels.>>
It's hard to determine whether Hemingway influenced Hammett
first or viceversa. They came of literary age around the same
time. The influence of Hemingway on Chandler seems pretty
strong. Doesn't Chandler write about E.H. in his
letters?
(It's been a long time since I read Chandler's
correspondence.)
Curiously, the other US literary giant in the first half of
the century, William Faulkner, does not seem to have
influenced mystery writers nearly as much as Hemingway.
Nowadays, we see Faulkner in James Lee Burke and a very few
other crime writers, but it's mostly a Southern thing. Maybe
Faulkner is too singular and too complex to serve as a model
for crime writers.
Regards,
MrT
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