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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36292839 Title: Theory and practice of classic detective fiction Author: Jerome Delamater; Ruth Prigozy; Hofstra University Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN/ISSN: 0313304629 9780313304620 OCLC:36292839

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Theory and practice of classic detective fiction

Author:	Jerome Delamater; Ruth Prigozy; Hofstra University.
Publisher:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Series:	Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 62
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Jerome Delamater; Ruth Prigozy; Hofstra University. Find more information about:
ISBN:	0313304629 9780313304620
OCLC Number:	36292839
Description:	xi, 202 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Canonization, modern literature, and the detective story / John C. Cawelti -- Shamus-a-um: having the quality of a classical detective / Timothy W. Boyd and Carolyn Higbie -- Ideal helpmate / Timothy R. Prchal -- Politics of secrecy and publicity / Peter Hühn -- Not so much whodunnit as whoizzit / Ann Thompson and John O. Thompson -- Parody and detective fiction / Janice MacDonald -- Game's afoot / Kathleen Belin Owen -- Christie's narrative games / Robert Merrill -- It was the mark of Cain / Robin Woods -- Impossible murderers / Ina Rae Hark -- Daughters of his manhood / Mary Anne Ackershoek -- I am Duchess of Malfi still / Carolyn F. Scott -- Unsuitable job for anyone / Marnie Jones and Barbara Barker -- Between men / Martha Stoddard Holmes -- Class, gender, and the possibilities of detection in Anne Perry's Victorian reconstructions / Iska S. Alter -- Suitable job for a woman / Jasmine Y. Hall -- Bureaucrat as reader / James E. Bartell.
Series Title:	Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 62
Responsibility:	edited by Jerome H. Delamater and Ruth Prigozy ; prepared under the auspices of Hofstra University.

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