Theory and Practice of Classic Detective Fiction Hardback
by Jerome H. Delamater, Ruth Prigozy
Part of the Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture series
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Combining theoretical and practical approaches, this collection of essays explores classic detective fiction from a variety of contemporary viewpoints.
Among the diverse perspectives are those which interrogate the way the genre reflects important social and cultural attitudes, contributes to a reader's ability to adapt to the challenges of daily life, and provides alternate takes on the role of the detective as an investigator and arbiter of truth. Part I looks at the nature of and the audience for detective fiction, as well as at the genre as a literary form.
This section includes an inquiry into the role of the detective; an application of object-relations psychology to the genre; and analyses of recent literary criticism positing that traditional detective fiction contained the seeds of its own subversion.
Part II applies a variety of theoretical positions to Agatha Christie and her heirs in the British ratiocinative tradition.
A concluding essay positions the genre within the middle-class traditions of the novel since its inception in the eighteenth century.
Of interest to all scholars and students of detective fiction and British popular culture.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:28/10/1997
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- ISBN:9780313304620
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:28/10/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780313304620