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  • Clues from the Couch
    Laird R. Blackwell
    The detective story--the classic whodunit with its time-displacement structure of crime--according to most literary historians, is of relatively recent origin. Early in its development, the whodunit was harshly criticized for its tightly formula-bound structure. Many critics prematurely proclaimed 'the death of the whodunit' and even of detective fiction altogether. Yet toda...
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    79,35 €

  • The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction
    Laird R. Blackwell
    Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics contend that the fantastic and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the fantast...
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    79,49 €

  • Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story
    Laird R. Blackwell
    Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the renowned Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Queen--both a pen name and the fictional protagonist of the stories--was also a vital force behind the continuing popularity of crime...
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    72,06 €

  • The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton
    Laird R. Blackwell
    G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and metaphysical explorations of life’s great questions. This book presents the first in-depth analysis of his works both as classics of the detective genre and as meaningful philosop...
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    72,22 €

  • H.C. Bailey’s Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
    Laird R. Blackwell
    H.C. Bailey’s detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories that were published from 1920 to 1940 where he truly shone, combining elements of several popular archetypes--the eccentric logician, the forensic investigator, the hard-boiled inter...
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    72,23 €