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
LahirKenneth Millar
(1915-12-13)13 Desember 1915
Los Gatos, California
Meninggal11 Juli 1983(1983-07-11) (umur 67)
Santa Barbara, California
Nama penaJohn Macdonald, John Ross Macdonald, Ross Macdonald
PekerjaanNovelis
KebangsaanAmerika – Kanada
AlmamaterUniversity of Western Ontario, Universitas Michigan
GenreCrime fiction
Pasangan
(m. 1938)
Anak1

Dibesarkan di provinsi Ontario, Kanada, Macdonald akhirnya menetap di negara bagian California, di mana ia meninggal pada tahun 1983.

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Fox, Terry Curtis. Psychological Guilt: Ross Macdonald. Film Comment; New York Vol. 20, Iss. 5, (Sep/Oct 1984): 34,80.
  6. ^ Samuel L. Grogg, Jr. (1974)Between the Mountains and the Sea: The Novels of Ross Macdonald, Ph.D. thesis, Bowling Green University
  7. ^ Michael Kreyling. “Lew Archer, House Whisperer.” South Central review. 27.1 (2010): 123–143. Web.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.

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