The detective as historian : history and art in historical crime fiction /

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"The crime fiction examined here covers virtually all of recorded history - from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval Europe through nineteenth-century England and America. The essays in this collection analyze and evaluate these works and demonstrate that they are not...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Browne, Ray B. (Ray Broadus), 1922-2009, Kreiser, Lawrence A., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American > History and criticism.
Historical fiction, English > History and criticism.
Literature and history > English-speaking countries.
Littérature et histoire > Anglophonie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Detective and mystery stories, American
Detective and mystery stories, English
Historical fiction, American
Historical fiction, English
Literature and history
Historischer Roman
Kriminalroman
English-speaking countries
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Robin W. Winks
  • Introduction / Ray B. Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.
  • Lynda S. Robinson and Lauren Haney: Detection in the Land of Mysteries / Rita Rippetoe
  • John Maddox Roberts and Steven Saylor: Detecting in the Final Decades of the Roman Republic / Terrance L. Lewis
  • Lindsey Davis: Falco, Cynical Detective in a Corrupt Roman Empire / Peter Hunt
  • Peter Tremayne: Sister Fidelma and the Triumph of Truth / Christiane W. Luehrs, Robert B. Luehrs
  • Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael / Edward J. Rielly
  • P.C. Doherty: Hugh Corbett, Secret-Agent and Problem-Solver / Edward L. Meek, Theron M. Westervelt, David N. Eldridge
  • Susanna Gregory: Doctor Matthew Bartholomew, Master of Medicine and Detection / Jean Coakley
  • Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose / Judy Ann Ford
  • Elizabeth Eyre: Detection in the Italian Renaissance / Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox
  • Margaret Frazer: Sister Frevisse and Medieval Mysteries / Patricia W. Julius
  • Josephine Tey and Others: The Case of Richard III / R. Gordon Kelly
  • C.L. Grace: Kathryn Swinbrook, Fifteenth-Century Physician and Sleuth / Jean Coakley
  • Michael Clynes: The Recollections of Shallot / David N. Eldridge, Theron M. Westervelt, Edward L. Meek
  • Maan Meyers: The Saga of the Dutchman / Frank A. Salamone
  • Bruce Alexander: Sir Henry Fielding and Blind Justice / Donna Bradshaw Smith
  • Keith Heller: A Genealogy of Detection in the Eighteenth Century / Scott R. Christianson
  • Margaret Lawrence: An Eighteenth-Century Midwife / Marie Nelson
  • Stephanie Barron : (Re)Inventing Jane Austen as Detective / Anita Vickers
  • Kate Ross : Where Have All the Dandies Gone? / Jerry L. Parker
  • James Brewer : Sleuths and Carpetbaggers along the Mississippi River / Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.
  • Peter Heck : Mark Twain as Detective / Ray B. Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.
  • Caleb Carr : Running Away from the Darkness / Douglas Tallack
  • Anne Perry : Victorian 'Istorian and Murdermonger / Linda J. Holland-Toll
  • Peter Lovesey : No Cribbing on History / Margaret L. Foxwell
  • Elizabeth Peters : The Last Camel Died at Noon as Lost World Adventure Pastiche / Gary Hoppenstand.

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