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Anatomy of murder : mystery, detective, and crime fiction / Carl D. Malmgren.
LIBRA PS374.D4 M28 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malmgren, Carl Darryl, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Semiotics and literature.
- Murder in literature.
- Crime in literature.
- Literary form.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Anatomy of Murder identifies and explores three basic fictional forms dealing with murder and detection--mystery, detective, and crime fiction. Mystery fiction takes place in a centered world, one whose most distinctive characteristic is motivation. Covering the forms of murder fiction, the book examines texts by Doyle, Christie, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Highsmith, Jim Thompson, Thomas Harris, and others.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0879728418
- 0879728426
- OCLC:
- 45714885
- Online:
- Table of Contents
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