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Detecting detection : international perspectives on the uses of a plot /
We indulge our fascination with detection in many ways, only some of which occur in the detective story. In fact, modern fiction regularly uses elements of a detective narrative to tell another story altogether, to engage characters, narrators, and readers with questions of identity, with examinatio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Continuum,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | We indulge our fascination with detection in many ways, only some of which occur in the detective story. In fact, modern fiction regularly uses elements of a detective narrative to tell another story altogether, to engage characters, narrators, and readers with questions of identity, with examinations of moral and ethical reasoning, with critiques of social and political injustices, and with the metaphysics of meaning itself. Detective plots cross cultural and national boundaries and occur in different ways and different genres. Taken together, they suggest important contemporary understanding. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441128126 1441128123 1282133438 9781282133433 9786613806017 6613806013 |