Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch (Northwestern University) will be teaching the Newberry Library online course "
The Golden Age of Mystery Fiction: Soft-Boiled and Hard-Boiled," which will run from Oct 14–Nov 11, 2026 and will "explore the role of popular culture in both exposing and containing societal anxieties and aspirations." Books expected to be covered are Vera Caspary,
Laura; Agatha Christie,
The Labors of Hercules and
The 13 Problems; Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery, "The Red Headed League," and "Silver Blaze"; and Dashiell Hammett,
Red Harvest and
The Maltese Falcon.
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