Anatomy of Murder: Mystery, Detective, and Crime FictionPopular Press, 2001 - 210 trang Anatomy of Murder identifies and explores three basic fictional forms dealing with murder and detection--mystery, detective, and crime fiction. Mystery fiction takes place in a centered world, one whose most distinctive characteristic is motivation. Covering the forms of murder fiction, the book examines texts by Doyle, Christie, Sayers, Hammett, Chandler, Highsmith, Jim Thompson, Thomas Harris, and others. |
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PROLOGUE | 1 |
Special Providence in Mystery Fiction | 33 |
Truth and Justice in Contemporary Mystery Fiction | 51 |
Dashiell Hammett and the World of Detective Fiction | 71 |
Raymond Chandlers Fiction | 91 |
Metafictional Detective Fiction | 113 |
CRIME FICTION | 153 |
9 | 171 |
EPILOGUE | 191 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 197 |
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