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- catalog abstract ""The crime fiction examined here covers virtually all of recorded history - from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval Europe through nineteenth-century England and America. The essays in this collection analyze and evaluate these works and demonstrate that they are not only gripping stories in their own right, but also the nerve center for historians of all stripes - from the professional to the most casual minded - to learn about past societies. People of the past appear with all their pretenses down and their acts of violence laid bare."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12065816.
- catalog contributor b12065817.
- catalog contributor b12065818.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""The crime fiction examined here covers virtually all of recorded history - from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval Europe through nineteenth-century England and America. The essays in this collection analyze and evaluate these works and demonstrate that they are not only gripping stories in their own right, but also the nerve center for historians of all stripes - from the professional to the most casual minded - to learn about past societies. People of the past appear with all their pretenses down and their acts of violence laid bare."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Marie Nelson -- Stephanie Barron : (Re)Inventing Jane Austen as Detective / Anita Vickers -- Kate Ross : Where Have All the Dandies Gone? / Jerry L. Parker -- James Brewer : Sleuths and Carpetbaggers along the Mississippi River / Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. -- Peter Heck : Mark Twain as Detective / Ray B. Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. -- Caleb Carr : Running Away from the Darkness / Douglas Tallack -- Anne Perry : Victorian 'Istorian and Murdermonger / Linda J. Holland-Toll -- Peter Lovesey : No Cribbing on History / Margaret L. Foxwell -- Elizabeth Peters : The Last Camel Died at Noon as Lost World Adventure Pastiche / Gary Hoppenstand.".
- catalog description "Patricia W. Julius -- Josephine Tey and Others: The Case of Richard III / R. Gordon Kelly -- C.L. Grace: Kathryn Swinbrook, Fifteenth-Century Physician and Sleuth / Jean Coakley -- Michael Clynes: The Recollections of Shallot / David N. Eldridge, Theron M. Westervelt, Edward L. Meek -- Maan Meyers: The Saga of the Dutchman / Frank A. Salamone -- Bruce Alexander: Sir Henry Fielding and Blind Justice / Donna Bradshaw Smith -- Keith Heller: A Genealogy of Detection in the Eighteenth Century / Scott R. Christianson -- Margaret Lawrence: An Eighteenth-Century Midwife /".
- catalog description "Preface / Robin W. Winks -- Introduction / Ray B. Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. -- Lynda S. Robinson and Lauren Haney: Detection in the Land of Mysteries / Rita Rippetoe -- John Maddox Roberts and Steven Saylor: Detecting in the Final Decades of the Roman Republic / Terrance L. Lewis -- Lindsey Davis: Falco, Cynical Detective in a Corrupt Roman Empire / Peter Hunt -- Peter Tremayne: Sister Fidelma and the Triumph of Truth / Christiane W. Luehrs, Robert B. Luehrs -- Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael / Edward J. Rielly -- P.C. Doherty: Hugh Corbett, Secret-Agent and Problem-Solver / Edward L. Meek, Theron M. Westervelt, David N. Eldridge -- Susanna Gregory: Doctor Matthew Bartholomew, Master of Medicine and Detection / Jean Coakley -- Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose / Judy Ann Ford -- Elizabeth Eyre: Detection in the Italian Renaissance / Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox -- Margaret Frazer: Sister Frevisse and Medieval Mysteries /".
- catalog extent "x, 310 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Detective as historian.".
- catalog identifier "0879728159 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0879728167 (paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Detective as historian.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press,".
- catalog relation "Detective as historian.".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.087209358 21".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Historical fiction, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Historical fiction, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history United States History.".
- catalog subject "PR830.D4 D39 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Marie Nelson -- Stephanie Barron : (Re)Inventing Jane Austen as Detective / Anita Vickers -- Kate Ross : Where Have All the Dandies Gone? / Jerry L. Parker -- James Brewer : Sleuths and Carpetbaggers along the Mississippi River / Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. -- Peter Heck : Mark Twain as Detective / Ray B. Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. -- Caleb Carr : Running Away from the Darkness / Douglas Tallack -- Anne Perry : Victorian 'Istorian and Murdermonger / Linda J. Holland-Toll -- Peter Lovesey : No Cribbing on History / Margaret L. Foxwell -- Elizabeth Peters : The Last Camel Died at Noon as Lost World Adventure Pastiche / Gary Hoppenstand.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Patricia W. Julius -- Josephine Tey and Others: The Case of Richard III / R. Gordon Kelly -- C.L. Grace: Kathryn Swinbrook, Fifteenth-Century Physician and Sleuth / Jean Coakley -- Michael Clynes: The Recollections of Shallot / David N. Eldridge, Theron M. Westervelt, Edward L. Meek -- Maan Meyers: The Saga of the Dutchman / Frank A. Salamone -- Bruce Alexander: Sir Henry Fielding and Blind Justice / Donna Bradshaw Smith -- Keith Heller: A Genealogy of Detection in the Eighteenth Century / Scott R. Christianson -- Margaret Lawrence: An Eighteenth-Century Midwife /".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface / Robin W. Winks -- Introduction / Ray B. Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. -- Lynda S. Robinson and Lauren Haney: Detection in the Land of Mysteries / Rita Rippetoe -- John Maddox Roberts and Steven Saylor: Detecting in the Final Decades of the Roman Republic / Terrance L. Lewis -- Lindsey Davis: Falco, Cynical Detective in a Corrupt Roman Empire / Peter Hunt -- Peter Tremayne: Sister Fidelma and the Triumph of Truth / Christiane W. Luehrs, Robert B. Luehrs -- Ellis Peters: Brother Cadfael / Edward J. Rielly -- P.C. Doherty: Hugh Corbett, Secret-Agent and Problem-Solver / Edward L. Meek, Theron M. Westervelt, David N. Eldridge -- Susanna Gregory: Doctor Matthew Bartholomew, Master of Medicine and Detection / Jean Coakley -- Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose / Judy Ann Ford -- Elizabeth Eyre: Detection in the Italian Renaissance / Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox -- Margaret Frazer: Sister Frevisse and Medieval Mysteries /".
- catalog title "The detective as historian : history and art in historical crime fiction / edited by Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. ; preface by Robin W. Winks.".
- catalog type "Aufsatzsammlung. swd".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".