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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Reitz, Caroline
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Colonies dans la litterature.
Police dans la litterature.
Koloniale literatuur.
Politie.
Engels.
Misdaadverhalen.
Misdaadromans.
Police in literature.
Literature.
Imperialism in literature.
English fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Colonies in literature.
British colonies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Dans la litterature.
Great Britain > Colonies > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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