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Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction M. Cook

Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction By M. Cook

Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction by M. Cook

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The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.

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Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction: The Locked Room Mystery by M. Cook

The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.

About M. Cook

MICHAEL COOK worked as Regional Director for the National Trust in South-West England until his retirement in 2002. He then completed a Ph.D. in English at the University of Bristol, UK, which was awarded in 2008. He has lectured on diverse subjects including film and conservation, and is currently researching the Ghost Story and the poetry of John Clare and Wilfred Owen.

Table of Contents

Preface Edgar Allan Poe and the Detective Story Narrative The Locked Compartment: Charles Dickens's The Signalman and Enclosure in the Railway Mystery Story The Body in the Library: Reading the Locked Room in Anna Katherine Green's The Filigree Ball G.K. Chesterton's Enclosure of Orthodoxy in The Wrong Shape The Hollow Text: Illusion as Theme in John Dickson Carr's The Hollow Man Jorge Luis Borges and the Labyrinth of Detection The Question is the Writer Himself: Paul Auster's Locked Room in the City of Glass The Narrative of Enclosure Index

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NPB9780230276659
9780230276659
0230276652
Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction: The Locked Room Mystery by M. Cook
M. Cook
Crime Files
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2011-10-12
210
N/A
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