Edward J. Rielly is a professor emeritus of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, where he created and directed the Writing and Publishing program. He is the author or editor of 30 books and lives in Westbrook, Maine.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      IntroductionEdward J. Rielly      Exploring the Origins of American Detective Fiction: Teaching Poe and Dime NovelsPamela Bedore      Detective Fiction, Cultural Categories, and the Ideology of CriticismStephen Brauer      Teaching International Detective FictionPatricia P. Buckler      Undergraduates and Hispanic Sleuths: The Importance of University Cor(ps)e Requirements in a Liberal Learning CurriculumBenjamin Fraser      Contemporary Detective Fiction Across the English CurriculumGenie Giaimo      Holmes Is Where the Art Is: Architectural Design ProjectsDerham Groves      Southern Crime: The Clash of Hero and Villain in a Writing CourseMary Hadley      Adding Some Mystery to Cultural StudiesSteve Hecox      Teaching Detective Fiction from a Feminist PerspectiveEllen F. Higgins      Fixing and Un-Fixing Words: Nastiness, Fidelity, and Betrayal in Chandler’s and Hawks’s The Big SleepAlexander N. Howe      Historical Mysteries in the Literature ClassroomRosemary Johnsen      African Crime/Mystery Stories: Triggering Provocative Classroom TopicsVirginia Macdonald      Murder in the Classroom: Teaching Detective Fiction at the Graduate LevelLois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley      Introducing Literature through Detective Fiction: An Approach to Teaching OnlineMeg Matheny      Mysteries of O’ahu: Local Detective Fiction in the Composition ClassroomStanley D. Orr      1930s-1940s Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and 1940s–1950sDetective NoirChristine Photinos      Anthropologists as Detectives and Detectives as AnthropologistsJames C. Pierson      “Just the Facts”: Detective Fiction in the Law School CurriculumRobert C. Power      Margaret Coel’s The Story Teller in a Literary Criticism CourseEdward J. Rielly      Women Detectives in Contemporary American Popular CultureDeborah Shaller      Reading Students Reading DetectivesRosemary Weatherston      Detective Fiction in the First-Year SeminarRobert P. Winston and Judy Gill      The Mystery of Composition: A Detective-Themed Composition CourseChris York      Notes on Contributors      Index