Ammon Hennacy

“Christian Anarchist shows how the many disparate elements from Hennacy’s family and cultural background–from Quakerism to the Baptist tradition to socialism, … More

Dashiell Hammett

“Like one of Hammett’s novels, William Marling’s study of the author is brief, incisive, and packed with acute observations. Marling … More

Raymond Chandler

“William Marling is the first critic to center his study of Raymond Chandler’s work on style, tracing the relation between … More

William Carlos Williams and the Painters

“William Marling’s book takes a close look at one of the most deliberately modern of American poets and the deliberately … More

The American Roman Noir

“At the center of Marling’ s approach is the concept of ‘prodigality’: how narrative represents having, and having had, too … More

Ammon Hennacy

“Christian Anarchist shows how the many disparate elements from Hennacy’s family and cultural background–from Quakerism to the Baptist tradition to socialism, … More

American, Hard-boiled and Noir: A Guide to the Fiction and Film

This book takes a new approach to the American-ness of hard-boiled fiction and reprises the award-winning website detnovel.com. There … More

Gatekeepers: The Emergence of World Literature & the 1960s

“Along with its more traditional scholarly virtues, Gatekeepers is delightfully readable, not least for the sheer human interest that Marling … More

How “American” is Globalization?

William Marling’s provocative work analyzes—in specific terms—the impacts of American technology and culture on foreign societies. Marling answers his own … More