Detective Fiction and the Ghost Story : The Haunted Text / by M. Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, M., Author.

Series:

Crime Files, 2947-8359

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction.

Fiction Literature.

Local Subjects:

Fiction Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Detective Fiction and the Ghost Story is a lively series of case studies celebrating the close relationship between detective fiction and the ghost story. It features many of the most famous authors from both genres including Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, M. R. James and Tony Hillerman.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Detecting the Ghost; 2 Decoding the Past: Narrativeand Inquiry in 'The MusgraveRitual' and 'The Treasure ofAbbot Thomas'; 3 Out of the Past: Retributionand Conan Doyle's DoubleNarratives; 4 'That Forbidding Moor':The Hound of the Baskervilles ,a Ghost Story?; 5 Agatha Christie's Harlequinade:The 'Bi-Part' Soul of the Detective; 6 Golden Age Gothic: John DicksonCarr's Locked Room; 7 Rebus's Edinburgh Palimpsest:The Spirits of the Place; 8 Susan Hill's Lost Hearts:The Woman in Black and theSerrailler Novels

9 Tony Hillerman's CulturalMetaphysicsConclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography and SuggestedReading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137294890

1137294892