Descript |
xi, 202 p. ; 25 cm. |
Contents |
Canonization, modern literature, and the detective story / John C. Cawelti -- Shamus-a-um: having the quality of a classical detective / Timothy W. Boyd and Carolyn Higbie -- Ideal helpmate / Timothy R. Prchal -- Politics of secrecy and publicity / Peter Hühn -- Not so much whodunnit as whoizzit / Ann Thompson and John O. Thompson -- Parody and detective fiction / Janice MacDonald -- Game's afoot / Kathleen Belin Owen -- Christie's narrative games / Robert Merrill -- It was the mark of Cain / Robin Woods -- Impossible murderers / Ina Rae Hark -- Daughters of his manhood / Mary Anne Ackershoek -- I am Duchess of Malfi still / Carolyn F. Scott -- Unsuitable job for anyone / Marnie Jones and Barbara Barker -- Between men / Martha Stoddard Holmes -- Class, gender, and the possibilities of detection in Anne Perry's Victorian reconstructions / Iska S. Alter -- |
ISBN |
0313304629 (hbk.) |
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9780313304620 |
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