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A counter-history of crime fiction : supernatural, Gothic, sensational / Maurizio Ascari.

A counter-history of crime fiction : supernatural, Goth...

A counter-history of crime fiction : supernatural, Gothic, sensational / Maurizio Ascari.

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A counter-history of crime fiction : supernatural, Gothic, sensational / Maurizio Ascari.

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Full title

A counter-history of crime fiction : supernatural, Gothic, sensational / Maurizio Ascari.

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Publisher

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Date

2007.

Call Numbers

N823.0872/32

Record Identifier

74VK3o3RD0JX

MMS ID

991023847879702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xv, 222 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents

1. Revising the canon of crime and detection -- Pt. I. Supernatural and gothic -- 2. Detection before detection -- 3. Persecution and omniscience -- 4. Victorian ghosts and revengers -- 5. Pseudo-science and the occult -- Pt. II. Sensational -- 6. The language of Auguste Dupin -- 7. On the sensation...

Publication information

Publisher

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2007.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"A Counter-History of Crime Fiction takes a new look at the evolution of crime fiction, drawing on material from the Middle Ages up to the early twentieth century, when the genre was theoretically defined as detective fiction. Considering 'criminography' as a system of interrelated, even incestuous, sub-genres, Maurizio Ascari explores the connecti...

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Full title

A counter-history of crime fiction : supernatural, Gothic, sensational / Maurizio Ascari.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Crime files.

Crime files.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

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Call Numbers

N823.0872/32

Record Identifier

74VK3o3RD0JX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3o3RD0JX

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ISBN

0230525008 (hbk.) :

9780230525009 (hbk.) :

DDC

823.087209

MMS ID

991023847879702626

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