Talking About Detective Fiction

Talking About Detective Fiction
Title Talking About Detective Fiction PDF eBook
Author P. D. James
Publisher Vintage
Pages 210
Release 2011-05-03
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0307743136

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P. D. James, the undisputed queen of mystery, gives us an intriguing, inspiring and idiosyncratic look at the genre she has spent her life perfecting. Examining mystery from top to bottom, beginning with such classics as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, and then looking at such contemporary masters as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell, P. D. James goes right to the heart of the genre. Along the way she traces the lives and writing styles of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, and many more. Here is P.D. James discussing detective fiction as social history, explaining its stylistic components, revealing her own writing process, and commenting on the recent resurgence of detective fiction in modern culture. It is a must have for the mystery connoisseur and casual fan alike.

Detective Fiction

Detective Fiction
Title Detective Fiction PDF eBook
Author Charles J. Rzepka
Publisher Polity
Pages 298
Release 2005-09-30
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780745629421

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'Detective Fiction' is a clear and compelling look at some of the best known, yet least-understood characters and texts of the modern day. Undergraduate students of Detective and Crime Fiction and of genre fiction in general, will find this book essential reading.

First Class Murder

First Class Murder
Title First Class Murder PDF eBook
Author Robin Stevens
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 336
Release 2017-04-04
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1481422200

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A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger train, the Orient Express—and it’s clear that each of their fellow first-class travelers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: There’s rumor of a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, a bloodcurdling scream comes from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered—her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished, as if into thin air. The Wells & Wong Detective Society is ready to crack the case—but this time, they’ve got competition.

The Origins of the American Detective Story

The Origins of the American Detective Story
Title The Origins of the American Detective Story PDF eBook
Author LeRoy Lad Panek
Publisher McFarland
Pages 237
Release 2015-01-24
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0786481382

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Edgar Allan Poe essentially invented the detective story in 1841 with Murders in the Rue Morgue. In the years that followed, however, detective fiction in America saw no significant progress as a literary genre. Much to the dismay of moral crusaders like Anthony Comstock, dime novels and other sensationalist publications satisfied the public's hunger for a yarn. Things changed as the century waned, and eventually the detective was reborn as a figure of American literature. In part these changes were due to a combination of social conditions, including the rise and decline of the police as an institution; the parallel development of private detectives; the birth of the crusading newspaper reporter; and the beginnings of forensic science. Influential, too, was the new role model offered by a wildly popular British import named Sherlock Holmes. Focusing on the late 19th century and early 20th, this volume covers the formative years of American detective fiction. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Detective Fiction and the Problem of Knowledge

Detective Fiction and the Problem of Knowledge
Title Detective Fiction and the Problem of Knowledge PDF eBook
Author Antoine Dechêne
Publisher Springer
Pages 348
Release 2018-08-16
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 331994469X

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This book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction that Antoine Dechêne calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts presenting 'unreadable' mysteries which, under the deceptively monolithic appearance of subverting traditional detective story conventions, offer a multiplicity of motifs – the overwhelming presence of chance, the unfulfilled quest for knowledge, the urban stroller lost in a labyrinthine text – that generate a vast array of epistemological and ontological uncertainties. Analysing the works of a wide variety of authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry James, this book is vital reading for scholars of detective fiction.

The Art of Detective Fiction

The Art of Detective Fiction
Title The Art of Detective Fiction PDF eBook
Author W. Chernaik
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 256
Release 2000-03-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780333746011

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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.

Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction

Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction
Title Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction PDF eBook
Author M. Cook
Publisher Springer
Pages 225
Release 2011-10-12
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0230313736

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The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.