The figure of the detective : a literary history and analysis / Charles Brownson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476612720 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Figure of the detective : a literary history and analysis.DDC classification:
  • 823/.087209 23
LOC classification:
  • PR830.D4 B76 2014eb
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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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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