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- An Analysis of Golden Age Detective Fiction

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A statistical and critical literary analysis of Golden Age Detective Fiction. Collects together: - a statistical analysis of the solutions to Agatha Christie's short stories, identifying favoured solutions (without giving away any plots!), comparing and contrasting the Poirot and Miss Marple stories. - analysis of the "fogginess" of the various members of the Detection Club writing the collaborative novels published in the Golden Age. - analysis of trends in locked room mysteries, identifying the different types of solution, when they were popular and gender differences in the genre. - analysing Golden Age Detective Fiction as popular culture revealing facets of life and society between the two world wars

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781979813075
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 220
  • Udgivet:
  • 19. november 2017
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x14 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 413 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 26. november 2024
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A statistical and critical literary analysis of Golden Age Detective Fiction. Collects together: - a statistical analysis of the solutions to Agatha Christie's short stories, identifying favoured solutions (without giving away any plots!), comparing and contrasting the Poirot and Miss Marple stories. - analysis of the "fogginess" of the various members of the Detection Club writing the collaborative novels published in the Golden Age. - analysis of trends in locked room mysteries, identifying the different types of solution, when they were popular and gender differences in the genre. - analysing Golden Age Detective Fiction as popular culture revealing facets of life and society between the two world wars

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