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The Rise of the Detective in Early Nineteenth-Century Popular Fiction

By Heather Worthington (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2005
ISBN
978-1-349-52042-8, 978-0-230-50628-2
DOI
10.1057/9780230506282
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25673118 bytes)
Series
Crime Files Series
Edition
1
Pages
X, 203\213
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
British and Irish Literature;Nineteenth-Century Li

Description

Detection existed in fiction long before Poe and Doyle. Its real origins lurk in the popular press of the early Nineteenth century, where the detective and the case were steadily developed. The well-known masters of early crime fiction, including Collins and Dickens, drew on this material, found in texts that have rarely been reprinted or even discussed. In this revealing book, Heather Worthington combines scholarly and archival study with theoretically informed analysis to unearth the foundations of detective fiction. This is essential reading for those researching in, studying, or just fascinated by crime fiction

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