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Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock (Crime Files)
Clare Clarke
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Description for Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock (Crime Files)
Hardcover. This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre.
This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Crime Files
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230390539
SKU
V9780230390539
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About Clare Clarke
Clare Clarke is Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She specialises in detective fiction and the literature and culture of the late-Victorian era. Her research has been published in CLUES, Women's Writing, and Victorian Literature and Culture.
Reviews for Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock (Crime Files)
“Clarke also subjects the texts she investigates to a systematic and nuanced analysis, revealing their reflection of contemporary social reality, larger disputed issues, tensions, anxieties, and concerns. Indeed, there are many more forgotten detective narratives that lend themselves to this type of analysis, and are yet to be explored.” (Haia Shpayer-Makov, Victorian Studies, Vol. 58 (4), 2016) 'This rigorous ... Read more