Detecting the nation : fictions of detection and the imperial venture. /

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In Detecting the Nation Reitz argues that detective fiction was essential both to public acceptance of the newly organized police force in early Victorian Britain and to acclimating the population to the larger venture of the British Empire. In doing so, Reitz challenges literary-historical assumpti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reitz, Caroline
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2004.
Series:Victorian critical interventions.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Police in literature.
Police dans la littérature.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
British colonies
Colonies in literature
Detective and mystery stories, English
English fiction
Imperialism in literature
Literature
Police in literature
Misdaadromans.
Misdaadverhalen.
Engels.
Politie.
Koloniale literatuur.
Great Britain > Colonies > In literature.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Dans la littérature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : imperial detection
  • Bad cop/good cop : Godwin, Mill, and the imperial origins of the English detective
  • Thuggee and the "discovery" of the English detective
  • Making an English virtue of necessity : Dickens and Collins bring it home
  • Separated at birth : Doyle, Kipling, and the partition of English detective fiction
  • Conclusion.

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