Ross Macdonald
Ross Macdonald adalah nama samaran utama yang digunakan oleh penulis Amerika-Kanada beraliran fiksi kejahatan. Nama aslinya Kenneth Millar(/ˈmɪlər/; 13 Desember 1915 – 11 Juli 1983). Ia terkenal karena serial novel hardboiled yang dibuat di California Selatan dan menampilkan detektif swasta Lew Archer. Sejak tahun 1970-an, karya-karya Macdonald (khususnya novel-novel Archer) telah mendapat perhatian di kalangan akademisi.[1][2][3] untuk kedalaman psikologis mereka,[4][5] rasa tempat,[6][7][8] penggunaan bahasa,[9] citra yang canggih[10] dan integrasi filsafat ke dalam genre fiksi.[11]
Ross Macdonald | |
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| Lahir | Kenneth Millar 13 Desember 1915 Los Gatos, California |
| Meninggal | 11 Juli 1983 (umur 67) Santa Barbara, California |
| Nama pena | John Macdonald, John Ross Macdonald, Ross Macdonald |
| Pekerjaan | Novelis |
| Kebangsaan | Amerika – Kanada |
| Almamater | University of Western Ontario, Universitas Michigan |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Pasangan | |
| Anak | 1 |
Dibesarkan di provinsi Ontario, Kanada, Macdonald akhirnya menetap di negara bagian California, di mana ia meninggal pada tahun 1983.
Catatan
sunting- ^ Grogg, S., Jr. (1973), Ross MacDonald: At the Edge. The Journal of Popular Culture, 7: 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1973.00213.x
- ^ Browne, Ray B. Ross Macdonald: Revolutionary Author and Critic; or the Need for the Oath of Macdonald.Journal of Popular Culture; Oxford Vol. 24, Iss. 3, (Winter 1990): 101.
- ^ Sacks, Sheldon. “The Pursuit of Lew Archer.” Critical Inquiry, vol. 6, no. 2, 1979, pp. 231–238. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1343244. Accessed 17 Feb. 2021.
- ^ Paul Skenazy. “Bringing It All Back Home: Ross Macdonald's Lost Father.” The Threepenny Review, no. 12, 1983, pp. 9–11. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4383163. Accessed 17 Feb. 2021.
- ^ Fox, Terry Curtis. Psychological Guilt: Ross Macdonald. Film Comment; New York Vol. 20, Iss. 5, (Sep/Oct 1984): 34,80.
- ^ Samuel L. Grogg, Jr. (1974)Between the Mountains and the Sea: The Novels of Ross Macdonald, Ph.D. thesis, Bowling Green University
- ^ Michael Kreyling. “Lew Archer, House Whisperer.” South Central review. 27.1 (2010): 123–143. Web.
- ^ Bacevich, Andrew. “A Not-So-Golden State: The Detective Stories of Ross Macdonald.” The Baffler, no. 29, 2015, pp. 122–126., www.jstor.org/stable/43959251. Accessed 17 Feb. 2021.
- ^ Christianson, S.R. (1989), Tough Talk and Wisecracks: Language as Power in American Detective Fiction. The Journal of Popular Culture, 23: 151-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1989.00151.x
- ^ Pry, Elmer R. "Ross Macdonald’s Violent California: Imagery Patterns in The Underground Man." Western American Literature, vol. 9 no. 3, 1974, p. 197-203. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/wal.1974.0006.
- ^ SHARP, MICHAEL D. “PLOTTING CHANDLER'S DEMISE: ROSS MACDONALD AND THE NEO-ARISTOTELIAN DETECTIVE NOVEL.” Studies in the Novel, vol. 35, no. 3, 2003, pp. 405–426. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/29533588. Accessed 17 Feb. 2021.
Referensi
sunting- Bruccoli, Matthew J. Ross Macdonald. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. ISBN 0-15-179009-4 | ISBN 0-15-679082-3
- "Ross Macdonald: Family Affairs" in S. T. Joshi, Varieties of Crime Fiction, pp. 97–106, (Wildside Press, 2019) ISBN 978-1-4794-4546-2
- Kreyling, Michael. "The Novels of Ross Macdonald" University of South Carolina Press, 2005. ISBN 1-57003-577-6
- Nolan, Tom. Ross Macdonald: A Biography. New York: Scribner, 1999. ISBN 0-684-81217-7
- Nolan, Tom. "The Archer Files". Crippen & Landru 2007
- Schopen, Bernard A., "Ross MacDonald", Twayne Publishers, Boston, 1990. ISBN 0-8057-7548-X
Pranala luar
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Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: Ross Macdonald.
- Marling, William. Hard-Boiled Fiction. Case Western Reserve University
- The Ross Macdonald Files Diarsipkan 2016-04-28 di Wayback Machine.
- "50 Years with Lew Archer: An Anniversary Tribute to Ross Macdonald and His Heroic Yet Compassionate Private Eye," by J. Kingston Pierce, January Magazine, April 1999.
- http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/essays/moss.html
- http://klausbaum.wordpress.com/essays-zur-literatur/klaus-baum-radioessay-macdonald/
- http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2003/11/02/the_last_testament_of_ross_macdonald/