The Art Of Detective Fiction
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Author |
: W. Chernaik |
Publisher |
: Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2000-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0333746015 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780333746011 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Art of Detective Fiction by : W. Chernaik
The contributors to this volume all pay tribute to, and seek to account for, the astonishing durability of the detective story as a narrative genre. The essays range generously, taking a variety of theoretical approaches and including detective fiction in languages other than English, but particular attention is paid to the `Golden Age' of English detective story writing and to the `hard-boiled' American version on the genre. This is a collection that will appeal to the scholar and to the devotee alike, to all those, in fact, who can never resist the lure of finding out whodunnit.
Author |
: Earl F. Bargainnier |
Publisher |
: Popular Press |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 1980 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0879721596 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780879721596 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gentle Art of Murder by : Earl F. Bargainnier
This study of the technique of Agatha Christie's detective fiction--sixty-seven novels and over one hundred short stories--is the first extensive analysis of her accomplishment as a writer. Earl F. Bargannier demonstrates that Christie thoroughly understood the conventions of her genre and, with seemingly inexhaustible ingenuity, was able to develop for more than fifty years surprising variations within those conventions.
Author |
: Robin Stevens |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2017-04-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781481422208 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1481422200 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis First Class Murder by : Robin Stevens
A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger train, the Orient Express—and it’s clear that each of their fellow first-class travelers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: There’s rumor of a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, a bloodcurdling scream comes from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered—her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished, as if into thin air. The Wells & Wong Detective Society is ready to crack the case—but this time, they’ve got competition.
Author |
: Maud Casey |
Publisher |
: Graywolf Press |
Total Pages |
: 115 |
Release |
: 2018-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781555979850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1555979858 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Art of Mystery by : Maud Casey
A sensitive and nuanced exploration of a seldom-discussed subject by an acclaimed novelist The fourteenth volume in the Art of series conjures an ethereal subject: the idea of mystery in fiction. Mystery is not often discussed—apart from the genre—because, as Maud Casey says, “It’s not easy to talk about something that is a whispered invitation, a siren song, a flickering light in the distance.” Casey, the author of several critically acclaimed novels, reaches beyond the usual tool kit of fictional elements to ask the question: Where does mystery reside in a work of fiction? She takes us into the Land of Un—a space of uncertainty and unknowing—to find out and looks at the variety of ways mystery is created through character, image, structure, and haunted texts, including the novels of Shirley Jackson, Paul Yoon, J. M. Coetzee, and more. Casey’s wide-ranging discussion encompasses spirit photography, the radical nature of empathy, and contradictory characters, as she searches for questions rather than answers. The Art of Mystery is a striking and vibrant addition to the much-loved Art of series.
Author |
: P. D. James |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2011-05-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307743138 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307743136 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Talking About Detective Fiction by : P. D. James
P. D. James, the undisputed queen of mystery, gives us an intriguing, inspiring and idiosyncratic look at the genre she has spent her life perfecting. Examining mystery from top to bottom, beginning with such classics as Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, and then looking at such contemporary masters as Colin Dexter and Henning Mankell, P. D. James goes right to the heart of the genre. Along the way she traces the lives and writing styles of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, and many more. Here is P.D. James discussing detective fiction as social history, explaining its stylistic components, revealing her own writing process, and commenting on the recent resurgence of detective fiction in modern culture. It is a must have for the mystery connoisseur and casual fan alike.
Author |
: NA NA |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2016-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781349627684 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1349627682 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Art of Detective Fiction by : NA NA
In the hands of many of the great writers, the unravelling of mystery is only one strand within a complex project. Other things get unravelled, too - the belief in a rationally explicable world, in the beneficent, ordering force of culture and civilization. Constantly the detective story delights in muddying the waters, in acknowledging the omnipresent possibilities of anarchy and carnage. As a genre, it is supremely able to combine popular appeal with the ability to disturb, provoke and challenge the reader. The essays in this volume all pay tribute to, and seek to account for, the astonishing durability of the detective story as a narrative genre. They range generously, taking a variety of theoretical approaches and including detective fiction in languages other than English, but particular attention is paid to the 'Golden Age' of English detective story-writing and to the 'hard-boiled' American version of the genre. This is a collection that will appeal to the scholar and to the devotee alike; to all those, in fact, who cannot resist the lure of finding out whodunit.
Author |
: H. Gustav Klaus |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105023433928 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Art of Murder by : H. Gustav Klaus
Author |
: Howard Haycraft |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1407749646 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Art of the Mystery Story by : Howard Haycraft
Author |
: Howard Haycraft |
Publisher |
: Dover Publications |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 2019-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780486829302 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0486829308 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder for Pleasure by : Howard Haycraft
"Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.
Author |
: Antoine Dechêne |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 2018-08-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319944692 |
ISBN-13 |
: 331994469X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Detective Fiction and the Problem of Knowledge by : Antoine Dechêne
This book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction that Antoine Dechêne calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts presenting 'unreadable' mysteries which, under the deceptively monolithic appearance of subverting traditional detective story conventions, offer a multiplicity of motifs – the overwhelming presence of chance, the unfulfilled quest for knowledge, the urban stroller lost in a labyrinthine text – that generate a vast array of epistemological and ontological uncertainties. Analysing the works of a wide variety of authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry James, this book is vital reading for scholars of detective fiction.