Dreams for dead bodies : blackness, labor, and the corpus of American detective fiction /

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Dreams of Dead Bodies: Blackness, Labor, and Detective Fiction in American Literature argues that the detective genre's lineage lies in unexpected texts: experimental works on the margins of what we recognize as classical detective fiction today. It shows that authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Mark...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Robinson, Michelle, 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Collection:Class, culture.
Sujets:
Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
Working class in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Work in literature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Travailleurs dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Travail dans la littérature.
Cultural studies.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Mystery & Detective.
Working class in literature
Work in literature
Slavery in literature
Detective and mystery stories, American
African Americans in literature
Literature
literature.
cultural studies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: The original plotmaker
  • Reverse type
  • The art of framing lies
  • To have been possessed
  • The great work remaining before us
  • Prescription: Homicide?
  • Conclusion: dream within a dream.

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