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Before Sherlock Holmes : how magazines and newspapers invented the detective story / LeRoy Lad Panek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Panek, LeRoy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--19th century.
- Periodicals.
- American periodicals--History--19th century.
- American periodicals.
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Periodicals--Publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- English periodicals--History--19th century.
- English periodicals.
- Detectives in literature.
- Crime in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This volume surveys the first fifty years of the detective story in nineteenth-century America and England, examining not only major works, but also the lesser known--including contemporary pseudo-biographies, magazines, story papers, and newspapers--recently accessible through new media. By rewriting the history of the mystery genre, this study opens up new avenues for literary exploration"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Life before detectives
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Notebooks
- Charles Dickens
- Collins and the sensation novel
- Magazines and family story papers
- Newspaper detectives.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-30747-2
- 9786613307477
- 0-7864-8856-5
- OCLC:
- 759101445
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