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Subjects > Literary criticism > American / general
Subjects > Literary criticism > Mystery & detective
Subjects > Literary criticism > Reference
Subjects > Detective and mystery stories, american
Subjects > Detective and mystery stories, american - history and criticism



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Title: American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide

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Series:             American Popular Culture Series
Language:        English

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Length:        273 Pages
Weight:        1.5 Pounds
Height:         10 Inches
Width:          6.5 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches



Publisher Notes
Mystery and detective novels are popular fictional genres within Western literature. As such, they provide a wealth of information about popular art and culture. When the genre develops within various cultures, it adopts, and proceeds to dominate, native expressions and imagery. American mystery and detective novels appeared in the late nineteenth century. This reference provides a selective guide to the important criticism of American mystery and detective novels and presents general features of the genre and its historical development over the past two centuries. Critical approaches covered in the volume include story as game, images, myth criticism, formalism and structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism and more. Comparisons with related genres, such as gothic, suspense, gangster, and postmodern novels, illustrate similarities and differences important to the understanding of the unique components of mystery and detective fiction.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide and it was written by Larry N. Landrum. This edition of American Mystery and Detective Novels: A Reference Guide is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is May 1999 and it has a suggested retail price of $110.95. There are 273 pages in the book and it was published by Greenwood Pub Group. The 10 digit ISBN is 0313213879 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780313213878. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.