Detective fiction and literature : the figure on the carpet
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Detective fiction and literature : the figure on the carpet
Macmillan, 1990
1st ed
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Bibliography: p. 207-209
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A literary study exploring detective fiction as a specialized literary genre, from its origins in the works of Poe, Wilkie Collins and Doyle to present-day writers.
Table of Contents
- Detective fiction and scandal
- Oedipus and Aristotle - Freud and "The Moonstone"
- Poe
- Gaberiau
- Sherlock Holmes - the series, the valleys of fear
- detective fiction and ideas
- "a little art jargon"
- a version of the pastoral
- the hardboiled heritage.
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