Anatomy of Murder: Mystery, Detective, and Crime Fiction

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Popular Press, 2001 - 210 sidor
Anatomy of Murder identifies and explores three basic fictional forms dealing with murder and detection--mystery, detective, and crime fiction. Mystery fiction takes place in a centered world, one whose most distinctive characteristic is motivation. Covering the forms of murder fiction, the book examines texts by Doyle, Christie, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Highsmith, Jim Thompson, Thomas Harris, and others.
 

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PROLOGUE
1
Special Providence in Mystery Fiction
33
Truth and Justice in Contemporary Mystery Fiction
51
Dashiell Hammett and the World of Detective Fiction
71
Raymond Chandlers Fiction
91
Metafictional Detective Fiction
113
CRIME FICTION
153
9
171
EPILOGUE
191
BIBLIOGRAPHY
197
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Carl D. Malmgren is Research Professor at the University of New Orleans.

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