| Description |
7 audio discs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (112 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
The modern scholar |
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Modern scholar.
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| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Lecture given by M. Lee Alexander. |
| Note |
In container (26 cm.) |
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"14 lectures"--Container. |
| Summary |
Professor M. Lee Alexander provides listeners with a lively discussion of groundbreaking authors from Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, to Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming, and modern writes such as Nevada Barr and Jonathan Kellerman. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (guide) |
| Contents |
Mysterious origins -- Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and the Victorian Era -- The queen of crime: Agatha Christie and the Golden Age -- Gifted amateurs: academics and zoologists -- Private investigators and hard-boiled heroes -- Cops, capers, and police procedurals -- Spies among us: espionage and techno-thrillers -- In the teeth of the evidence: lawyers and legal eagles -- Medicine for murder: the medical mystery -- Probing the past: historical detective fiction -- Women of mystery: beyond female intuition -- International intrigue: detective fiction goes global -- Investigating identity: ethnic sleuths -- Regional sleuths and future trends in detective fiction. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Recorded Books, LLC.
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| ISBN |
9781440725463 sound discs |
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1440725462 sound discs |
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9781440725470 guide |
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1440725470 guide |
| Music No. |
UC149 Recorded Books |
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UT149 Recorded Books |
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