The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis

The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis
ISBN-10
0786477695
ISBN-13
9780786477692
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2014-01-02
Publisher
McFarland
Author
Charles Brownson

Description

"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"--

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