Towards Sherlock Holmes: A Thematic History of Crime Fiction in the 19th Century World
by Stephen Knight
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"Crime fiction features specialists who identify criminals to protect an anxious citizenry. Before detectives came to play the central role, the protagonists tended to be lawyers. English writers like Gaskell, Dickens and Collins contributed to the genre and American and French authors created new forms. This book explores thematic aspects of 19th century crime fiction's complex history"--Tags
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A study of the themes of detective fiction in the years before the rise of Sherlock Holmes. More for the student of the genre than for the casual reader.
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Stephen Knight is a well-known authority on crime fiction and literature through the ages. He has worked at universities in Australia, England and Wales and is a research professor in literature at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
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- 809.387209034 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery and Speculative Fiction Horror, Crime, Gothic
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- PR4624 .K554 — Language and Literature English English Literature 19th century , 1770/1800-1890/1900
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