The figure of the detective : a literary history and analysis /
"This book begins with a history of the detective genre. The theory of the genre is laid out along with its central theme of the getting and deployment of knowledge. These changes explain the decay of the English Classic and its replacement by noir"--
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The figure of the detective : |b a literary history and analysis / |c Charles Brownson. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The pre-classical detective -- Sherlock Holmes-rationality and the detective artist -- The English classic -- Psycho-ntuitive and noir -- Hard-boiled, spies and thrillers -- The neoclassic revival -- Metaphysical modern -- Appendix: Chronological list of films mentioned in the text. | |
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