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- catalog abstract ""This analysis of the genre shows that the fictional world portrayed by the mystery writer parallels the actual world of the reader. Because daily life is so implausible, readers willingly suspend disbelief as they are absorbed by the pages of detective fiction. This apparent unity of the fictional thriller and veritable circumstance produces a code of modernity that is the essence of the genre." "In the light of this concept of modernity Mystery Fiction and Modern Life examines works by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, John Buchan, Eric Ambler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald, Tony Hillerman, Agatha Christie, Helen MacInnes, Patricia Cornwell, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Anthony Price, and others."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b10499912.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""This analysis of the genre shows that the fictional world portrayed by the mystery writer parallels the actual world of the reader. Because daily life is so implausible, readers willingly suspend disbelief as they are absorbed by the pages of detective fiction. This apparent unity of the fictional thriller and veritable circumstance produces a code of modernity that is the essence of the genre." "In the light of this concept of modernity Mystery Fiction and Modern Life examines works by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, John Buchan, Eric Ambler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald, Tony Hillerman, Agatha Christie, Helen MacInnes, Patricia Cornwell, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Anthony Price, and others."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-216) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 227 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Mystery fiction and modern life.".
- catalog identifier "1578060052 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "157806032X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mystery fiction and modern life.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in popular culture".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
- catalog relation "Mystery fiction and modern life.".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.087209 21".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Crime in literature.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society Great Britain History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "PS374.D4 K45 1998".
- catalog title "Mystery fiction and modern life / R. Gordon Kelly.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".