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The Art of the Mystery Story

by Howard Haycraft

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Critics and top mystery writers discuss the nature of the mystery story, famous detectives, the quality of mystery writing, and the background of specific stories

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Bloody Murder From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History

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Rosemary Herbert

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Talking About Detective Fiction by P. D. James

Talking About Detective Fiction

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Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television

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Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster

Aspects of the Novel

A Passion For Books by Harold Rabinowitz

A Passion For Books

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The Poetics of Murder: Detective Fiction and Literary Theory by Glenn W. Most

The Poetics of Murder: Detective Fiction and Literary Theory

On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood

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Twentieth-century Crime and Mystery Writers

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The Mystery Lover's Companion

Thirteen ways of looking at the novel by Jane Smiley

Thirteen ways of looking at the novel

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A Reader's Guide to The Classic British Mystery

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Lectures on Literature

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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman

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Genres: Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 808.3 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Composition Rhetoric of fiction
LCC: PN3448 .D4 .H28 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Prose. Prose fiction Special kinds of fiction. Fiction genres

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3
ASINs: 10

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Published: 1975
Genres: Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 808.3
LCC: PN3448 .D4 .H28

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