Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics: Detecting the Delights of 21 Enduring Stories

Starting with William Godwin's Caleb Williams and Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly, this book covers in detail the great works of detective fiction--Poe's Dupin stories, Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Sayers' Strong Poison, Chandler's The Big Sleep, and Simenon's The Yellow Dog. Lesser-known but important early works are also discussed, including Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, Emile Gaboriau's M. Lecoq, Anna Katharine Green's The Leavenworth Case and Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

More recent titles show increasing variety in the mystery genre, with Patricia Highsmith's criminal-focused The Talented Mr. Ripley and Chester Himes' African-American detectives in Cotton Comes to Harlem. Diversity develops further in Sara Paretsky's tough woman detective V.I. Warshawski in Indemnity Only, Umberto Eco's medievalist and postmodern The Name of the Rose and the forensic feminism of Patricia Cornwell's Postmortem. Notably, the best modern crime fiction has been primarily international--Manuel Vasquez Montalban's Catalan Summer Seas, Ian Rankin's Edinburgh-set The Naming of the Dead, Sweden's Stieg Larsson's The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and Vikram Chanda's Mumbai-based Sacred Games.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics: Detecting the Delights of 21 Enduring Stories

Starting with William Godwin's Caleb Williams and Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly, this book covers in detail the great works of detective fiction--Poe's Dupin stories, Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Sayers' Strong Poison, Chandler's The Big Sleep, and Simenon's The Yellow Dog. Lesser-known but important early works are also discussed, including Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, Emile Gaboriau's M. Lecoq, Anna Katharine Green's The Leavenworth Case and Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

More recent titles show increasing variety in the mystery genre, with Patricia Highsmith's criminal-focused The Talented Mr. Ripley and Chester Himes' African-American detectives in Cotton Comes to Harlem. Diversity develops further in Sara Paretsky's tough woman detective V.I. Warshawski in Indemnity Only, Umberto Eco's medievalist and postmodern The Name of the Rose and the forensic feminism of Patricia Cornwell's Postmortem. Notably, the best modern crime fiction has been primarily international--Manuel Vasquez Montalban's Catalan Summer Seas, Ian Rankin's Edinburgh-set The Naming of the Dead, Sweden's Stieg Larsson's The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and Vikram Chanda's Mumbai-based Sacred Games.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics: Detecting the Delights of 21 Enduring Stories

Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics: Detecting the Delights of 21 Enduring Stories

by Stephen Knight
Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics: Detecting the Delights of 21 Enduring Stories

Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics: Detecting the Delights of 21 Enduring Stories

by Stephen Knight

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Starting with William Godwin's Caleb Williams and Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly, this book covers in detail the great works of detective fiction--Poe's Dupin stories, Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Sayers' Strong Poison, Chandler's The Big Sleep, and Simenon's The Yellow Dog. Lesser-known but important early works are also discussed, including Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, Emile Gaboriau's M. Lecoq, Anna Katharine Green's The Leavenworth Case and Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

More recent titles show increasing variety in the mystery genre, with Patricia Highsmith's criminal-focused The Talented Mr. Ripley and Chester Himes' African-American detectives in Cotton Comes to Harlem. Diversity develops further in Sara Paretsky's tough woman detective V.I. Warshawski in Indemnity Only, Umberto Eco's medievalist and postmodern The Name of the Rose and the forensic feminism of Patricia Cornwell's Postmortem. Notably, the best modern crime fiction has been primarily international--Manuel Vasquez Montalban's Catalan Summer Seas, Ian Rankin's Edinburgh-set The Naming of the Dead, Sweden's Stieg Larsson's The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and Vikram Chanda's Mumbai-based Sacred Games.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476618982
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 11/19/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 244
File size: 671 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Stephen Knight is a well-known authority on crime fiction and literature through the ages. He has worked at universities in Australia, England and Wales and is a research professor in literature at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Stephen Knight is a well-known authority on crime fiction and literature through the ages. He has worked at universities in Australia, England and Wales and is a research professor in literature at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part I: Beginnings
1. Caleb Williams, William Godwin
2. Edgar Huntly, Charles Brockden Brown
3. The Dupin Stories, Edgar Allan Poe
4. The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
5. Monsieur Lecoq, Ēmile Gaboriau
6. The Leavenworth Case, Anna Katharine Green
7. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Fergus Hume
Part II: Mainstream
8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
9. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie
10. Strong Poison, Dorothy Sayers
11. The Yellow Dog, Georges Simenon
12. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
13. The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith
Part III: Diversity
14. Cotton Comes to Harlem, Chester Himes
15. Indemnity Only, Sara Paretsky
16. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
17. Southern Seas, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
18. The Naming of the Dead, Ian Rankin
19. Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell
20. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
21. Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra
Index
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