Detective fiction and the problem of knowledge : perspectives on the metacognitive mystery tale / Antoine Dechêne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dechêne, Antoine, author.

Series:

Crime files series

Crime Files

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Metaphysics in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 347 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

This book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction that Antoine Dechêne calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts presenting 'unreadable' mysteries which, under the deceptively monolithic appearance of subverting traditional detective story conventions, offer a multiplicity of motifs ? the overwhelming presence of chance, the unfulfilled quest for knowledge, the urban stroller lost in a labyrinthine text ? that generate a vast array of epistemological and ontological uncertainties. Analysing the works of a wide variety of authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry James, this book is vital reading for scholars of detective fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319944685

3319944681

OCLC:

1050731219