Towards Sherlock Holmes: A Thematic History of Crime Fiction in the 19th Century World

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Explores theme-focused aspects of crime fiction's complex history through the nineteenth century. It shows how America and France generated new forms of crime fiction; reveals social variations among the early investigators; studies how major English writers were influenced by crime fiction; and exposes the imperial features which helped to make the Sherlock Holmes stories seem dynamically up-to-date.

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EAN/ISBN:: 9781476666167
Edition:: Illustrated
Format:: Illustriert
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 236
Publication date:: 2016-12-08
Publisher:: McFarland and Company, Inc.

EAN/ISBN:: 9781476666167
Edition:: Illustrated
Format:: Illustriert
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 236
Publication date:: 2016-12-08
Publisher:: McFarland and Company, Inc.

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