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Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 43-56
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Criticism and Theory
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1970s and 1980s marking the third major phase of detective fiction studies; Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four (1890) Dr Watson on telling Sherlock Holmes that he was impressed by Holmes's earlier feat of detection; Criticism and theory; D. A. Miller (1988) taking a critical view of the genre's ideological underpinnings; Detective fiction enjoying special status illustrating basic characteristics of all narratives; Edmund Wilson's acerbic articles for The New Yorker "Why Do People Read Detective Stories" and "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd"; Emphasis detective fiction placing on ratiocination and problem solving, popular literature with academic readers; Stages in history of detective fiction criticism; Whodunit's game like nature based on a notion of fair play
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EID: 84867373143
PISSN: None
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Source Type: Book
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317916.ch3 Document Type: Chapter |
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