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050 00 $aPR830.D4$bJ36 2011
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100 1 $aJames, P. D.
245 10 $aTalking about detective fiction /$cP.D. James.
250 $a1st Vintage Books ed.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Books,$c2011.
300 $aviii, 198 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-198).
520 $aP. D. James--one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction at work today--gives us a personal, lively exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it. She examines the genre from top to bottom, beginning with the mysteries at the hearts of such novels as Charles Dickens's Bleak House, and bringing us into the present with such writers as Colin Dexter and Sara Paretsky. She compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing. She discusses detective fiction as social history, the stylistic components of the genre, her own process of writing, how critics have reacted over the years, and what she sees as a renewal of detective fiction--and of the detective hero--in recent years.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aWhat are we talking about and how did it all begin? -- The tenant of 221B Baker Street and the parish priest from Cobhole in Essex -- The Golden Age -- Soft-centered and hard-boiled -- Four formidable women -- Telling the story : setting, viewpoint, people -- Critics and aficionados : why some don't enjoy them and why others do -- Today and a glimpse of tomorrow.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, English$xHistory and criticism.