M. Cook
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2011
9780230276659
Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction
The Locked Room Mystery
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2011
ISBN13: 9780230276659
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Crime Files
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230276659
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Serie:Crime Files
Inhoudsopgave
Preface Edgar Allan Poe and the Detective Story Narrative The Locked Compartment: Charles Dickens's The Signalman and Enclosure in the Railway Mystery Story The Body in the Library: Reading the Locked Room in Anna Katherine Green's The Filigree Ball G.K. Chesterton's Enclosure of Orthodoxy in The Wrong Shape The Hollow Text: Illusion as Theme in John Dickson Carr's The Hollow Man Jorge Luis Borges and the Labyrinth of Detection The Question is the Writer Himself: Paul Auster's Locked Room in the City of Glass The Narrative of Enclosure Index