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Form and Ideology in Crime Fiction

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  • © 1980

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  1. Stephen Knight
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stephen Knight
    Pages 1-7

  3. ‘… some men come up’— the Detective appears

    • Stephen Knight
    Pages 8-38

  4. ‘… his rich ideality’— Edgar Allan Poe’s Detective

    • Stephen Knight
    Pages 39-66

  5. ‘… a great blue triumphant cloud—The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    • Stephen Knight
    Pages 67-106

  6. ‘… done from within’— Agatha Christie’s World

    • Stephen Knight
    Pages 107-134

  7. ‘… a hard-boiled gentleman’—Raymond Chandler’s Hero

    • Stephen Knight
    Pages 135-167

  8. ‘… a deceptive coolness’— Ed McBain’s Police Novels

    • Stephen Knight
    Pages 168-193

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 194-202
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Form and Ideology in Crime Fiction

  • Authors: Stephen Knight

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05458-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-28876-4Published: 05 November 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-05458-9Published: 06 November 1980

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 202

  • Topics: Fiction

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