| Description |
xi, 202 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Contributions to the study of popular culture, 0198-9871 ; no. 62 |
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Contributions to the study of popular culture,
0198-9871 ; no. 62.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Canonization, modern literature, and the detective story -- Shamus-a-um: having the quality of a classical detective -- An ideal helpmate: the detective character as (fictional) object and ideal imago -- The politics of secrecy and publicity: the functions of hidden stories in some recent British mystery fiction -- Not so much "whodunnit" as "whoissit": Margaret Millar's command of a metonymic sub-genre -- Parody and detective fiction -- "The game's afoot": |
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predecessors and pursuits of a postmodern detective novel -- Christie's narrative games -- "It was the mark of Cain": Agatha Christie and the murder of the mystery -- Impossible murderers: Agatha Christie and the community of readers -- "The daughters of his manhood": Christie and the golden age of detective fiction -- "I am Duchess of Malfi still": the identity-death nexus in The Duchess of Malfi and The Skull beneath the Skin -- "An unsuitable job" for anyone: the |
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"filthy trade" in P.D. James -- Between men: how Ruth Rendell reads for gender -- Class, gender, and the possibilities of detection in Anne Perry's Victorian reconstruction -- A suitable job for a woman: sexuality, motherhood, and professionalism in Gaudy Night -- The bureaucrat as reader: the detective novel in the context of middle-class culture. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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| Added Author |
Delamater, Jerome.
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Prigozy, Ruth.
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Hofstra University.
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| ISBN |
0313304629 alkaline paper |
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