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The figure of the detective : a literary history and analysis / Charles Brownson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brownson, Charles, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Detectives in literature.
- Crime in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This book begins with a history of the detective genre. The theory of the genre is laid out along with its central theme of the getting and deployment of knowledge. These changes explain the decay of the English Classic and its replacement by noir"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The pre-classical detective
- Sherlock Holmes-rationality and the detective artist
- The English classic
- Psycho-ntuitive and noir
- Hard-boiled, spies and thrillers
- The neoclassic revival
- Metaphysical modern
- Appendix: Chronological list of films mentioned in the text.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-1272-2
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