The Art of Detective Fiction

The Art of Detective Fiction
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 0333746015
ISBN-13 : 9780333746011
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Book Synopsis The Art of Detective Fiction by : W. Chernaik

Download or read book The Art of Detective Fiction written by W. Chernaik and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume all pay tribute to, and seek to account for, the astonishing durability of the detective story as a narrative genre. The essays range generously, taking a variety of theoretical approaches and including detective fiction in languages other than English, but particular attention is paid to the `Golden Age' of English detective story writing and to the `hard-boiled' American version on the genre. This is a collection that will appeal to the scholar and to the devotee alike, to all those, in fact, who can never resist the lure of finding out whodunnit.


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