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Figure On The Carpet: Detective Fiction And Literature

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Martin Priestman

    1. Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Detective Fiction and Scandal

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 1-15

  3. Oedipus and Aristotle; Freud and The Moonstone

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 16-35

  4. Poe

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 36-55

  5. Gaboriau

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 56-73

  6. Sherlock Holmes — The Series

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 74-92

  7. Sherlock Holmes — The Valleys of Fear

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 93-104

  8. Detective Fiction and Ideas

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 105-135

  9. ‘A Little Art Jargon’

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 136-150

  10. A Version of Pastoral

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 151-168

  11. The Hardboiled Heritage

    • Martin Priestman
    Pages 169-193

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 194-217
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, UK

    Martin Priestman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Figure On The Carpet: Detective Fiction And Literature

  • Authors: Martin Priestman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20987-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20987-3Published: 20 September 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 217

  • Topics: Fiction

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