Whatever happened to Sherlock Holmes : detective fiction, popular theology, and society /
Robert S. Paul.
Bok Engelsk 1991 · Electronic books
Utgitt | Carbondale : : Southern Illinois University Press, , c1991.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (305 p. )
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Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Introduction: The "wrights and wrongs" of detective fiction -- Part I The classical period: "In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights" -- Those eminent Victorians -- The golden age -- The gilded cage: the English country house murder -- Shadows of change: Dorothy L. Sayers, among others -- Acquiring an English accent: the British import -- Creating an American Tradition: the hard-boiled maverick -- Part 2 Changing times: "A brave new world, Sir, full of religion, knavery and change" -- Change and decary -- The different faces of realism -- Realism turns to religion -- Illustration of the theme: the Agatha Christie pilgrimage -- Verdict and sentence: Sherlock redivivus?
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Dewey | 823/.087209 . - 823.009
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ISBN | 0809317222
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