Ross Macdonald: Difference between revisions

'''Ross Macdonald''' was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of [[crime fiction]] '''Kenneth Millar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɪ|l|ər}}; December&nbsp;13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of [[hardboiled]] novels set in [[Southern California]] and featuring private detective [[Lew Archer]]. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Grogg |first1=Sam |title=Ross MacDonald: At the Edge |journal=The Journal of Popular Culture |date=June 1973 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=213–224 |doi=10.1111/j.0022-3840.1973.00213.x }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Browne |first1=Ray B. |title=Ross Macdonald: Revolutionary Author and Critic; Or The Need for the Oath of Macdonald |journal=The Journal of Popular Culture |date=December 1990 |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=101–111 |id={{ProQuest|195365876}} |doi=10.1111/j.0022-3840.1990.2403_101.x }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sacks |first1=Sheldon |title=The Pursuit of Lew Archer |journal=Critical Inquiry |date=1979 |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=231–238 |doi=10.1086/448044 |jstor=1343244 |s2cid=161660586 }}</ref> for their psychological depth,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Skenazy |first1=Paul |title=Bringing It All Back Home: Ross Macdonald's Lost Father |journal=The Threepenny Review |date=1983 |issue=12 |pages=9–11 |jstor=4383163 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|210243329}} |last1=Fox |first1=Terry Curtis |title=Psychological Guilt: Ross Macdonald |journal=Film Comment |volume=20 |issue=5 |year=1984 |pages=34, 80 }}</ref> sense of place,<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Grogg |first1=Samuel L. |title=Between the Mountains and the Sea: Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer Novels |date=1974 |url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566297702058772 }}</ref><ref>Michael Kreyling. “Lew Archer, House Whisperer.” South Central review. 27.1 (2010): 123–143. Web.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bacevich |first1=Andrew |title=A Not-So-Golden State: The detective stories of Ross Macdonald |journal=The Baffler |date=2015 |issue=29 |pages=122–126 |jstor=43959251 }}</ref> use of language,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Christianson |first1=Scott R. |title=Tough Talk and Wisecracks: Language as Power in American Detective Fiction |journal=The Journal of Popular Culture |volume=23 |issue=2 |year=1989 |pages=151–162 |doi=10.1111/j.0022-3840.1989.00151.x }}</ref> sophisticated imagery<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pry |first1=Elmer R. |title=Ross Macdonald's Violent California: Imagery Patterns in The Underground Man |journal=Western American Literature |date=1974 |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=197–203 |doi=10.1353/wal.1974.0006 |s2cid=165787318 }}</ref> and integration of [[philosophy]] into [[genre fiction]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sharp |first1=Michael D. |title=Plotting Chandler's Demise: Ross Macdonald and the Neo-Aristotelian detective novel |journal=Studies in the Novel |date=22 September 2003 |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=405–428 |id={{Gale|A109085457}} {{ProQuest|212626987}} |jstor=29533588 }}</ref> Brought up in the province of [[Ontario, Canada]], Macdonald eventually settled in the state of [[California]], where he died in 1983.