TY  - BOOK
AU  - Emrys,A.B.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the evolution of the casebook novel
AV  - PR4497 .E47 2011eb
U1  - 823/.8 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - Collins, Wilkie,
KW  - Caspary, Vera,
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, American
KW  - Psychological fiction, English
KW  - Psychological fiction, American
KW  - Sensationalism in literature
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Framed: a brief history of documents as narrative frames -- How he wrote his books: the apprentice years of framing testimony -- The woman in white: Collins launches the casebook novel -- Counterpoint witnessing in No name and Armadale -- The moonstone: Collins eclipses his first casebook -- Framed testimony in Collins's later novels -- The casebook after Collins -- Before Laura: Vera Caspary's early career and novels -- Laura: sensation roots of a noir novel -- Laura and Bedelia: "new woman" noir -- After Laura: Caspary's other casebook novels -- Caspary continues multiple focus -- Reframed: multiple focus in popular and literary texts -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular novelists during England's Victorian era. This critical study explores his formal ingenuity, particularly the novel of testimony constructed from epistolary fiction, trial reports, and prose monologue. This text explores how the formal dialogue between Collins and Vera Caspary has linked sensation fiction with noir thrillers and film noir"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10467646
ER  -