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- catalog abstract ""Anatomy of Murder identifies three basic fictional forms dealing with murder and detection - mystery, detective, and crime fiction. It attempts to express their interrelations, to define their differences, and to explain why these subgenres take the forms they do. Parts One and Two distinguish between mystery and detective in terms of their narrative worlds and their treatment of the sign. Mystery fiction takes place in a centered world, one whose most distinctive characteristic is motivation (of behavior and signs). Built on a faith in foundations, it insists upon the solidity of social life, the validity of social conventions, and the sanctity of signs. Mystery assures us that motives exist for both words and deeds." "Covering the forms that murder fiction takes, Anatomy includes analyses of texts by Doyle, Christie, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Highsmith, Jim Thompson, Thomas Harris, and others. It explains how hybrids such as the police procedural or the serial killer novel can be produced by grafting aspects of one subgenre onto those of another. It demonstrates that the various permutations of murder fiction make for very different narrative textures and reading experiences."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12209290.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Anatomy of Murder identifies three basic fictional forms dealing with murder and detection - mystery, detective, and crime fiction. It attempts to express their interrelations, to define their differences, and to explain why these subgenres take the forms they do. Parts One and Two distinguish between mystery and detective in terms of their narrative worlds and their treatment of the sign. Mystery fiction takes place in a centered world, one whose most distinctive characteristic is motivation (of behavior and signs). Built on a faith in foundations, it insists upon the solidity of social life, the validity of social conventions, and the sanctity of signs. Mystery assures us that motives exist for both words and deeds."".
- catalog description ""Covering the forms that murder fiction takes, Anatomy includes analyses of texts by Doyle, Christie, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Highsmith, Jim Thompson, Thomas Harris, and others. It explains how hybrids such as the police procedural or the serial killer novel can be produced by grafting aspects of one subgenre onto those of another. It demonstrates that the various permutations of murder fiction make for very different narrative textures and reading experiences."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index.".
- catalog description "Mystery Fiction and Its Signs -- Mystery's Design: Special Providence in Mystery Fiction -- Truth and Justice in Contemporary Mystery Fiction -- Dashiell Hammett and the World of Detective Fiction -- Grounding the Detective: Raymond Chandler's Fiction -- Metafictional Detective Fiction -- Crime Fiction's Two Faces -- Signs of Crime: Jim Thompson's Fiction -- The Police Procedural and Serial Killer Fiction.".
- catalog extent "vii, 210 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Anatomy of murder.".
- catalog identifier "0879728418".
- catalog identifier "0879728426 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Anatomy of murder.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press,".
- catalog relation "Anatomy of murder.".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "813/.087209 21".
- 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 "Literary form.".
- catalog subject "Murder in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS374.D4 M28 2001".
- catalog subject "Popular literature English-speaking countries History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Semiotics and literature English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Semiotics and literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Mystery Fiction and Its Signs -- Mystery's Design: Special Providence in Mystery Fiction -- Truth and Justice in Contemporary Mystery Fiction -- Dashiell Hammett and the World of Detective Fiction -- Grounding the Detective: Raymond Chandler's Fiction -- Metafictional Detective Fiction -- Crime Fiction's Two Faces -- Signs of Crime: Jim Thompson's Fiction -- The Police Procedural and Serial Killer Fiction.".
- catalog title "Anatomy of murder : mystery, detective, and crime fiction / Carl D. Malmgren.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".