An edition of Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel
(1972)
Bloody murder
from the detective story to the crime novel : a history
by Julian Symons
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Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History
July 1, 1986, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History
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Bloody murder: from the detective story to the crime novel : a history
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Table of Contents
Preface to the revised edition --
Prologue: the guilty party -- -- ch. 1.
What they are and why we read them -- -- ch. 2. The
two strands: Godwin, Vidocq, Poe -- -- ch. 3.
Dickens, Collins, Gaboriau: the pattern forms -- -- ch. 4.
Interregnum -- -- ch. 5. The
Case of Sherlock Holmes -- -- ch. 6. The
short story: the first Golden Age -- -- ch. 7. The
rise of the novel -- -- ch. 8. The
Golden Age: the Twenties -- -- ch. 9. The
Golden Age: the Thirties -- -- ch. 10. The
American revolution -- -- ch. 11.
Simenon and Maigret -- -- ch. 12.
'Mr Queen, will you be good enough to explain your famous character's sex life, if any?' -- -- ch. 13. The
short story's mutations -- -- ch.14.
Crime novel and police novel -- -- ch. 15.
Big producers and big sellers, curiosities and singletons -- -- ch. 16. A
short history of the spy story -- -- ch. 17. The
crystal ball revisited.
Edition Notes
First U.S. ed. published under title: Mortal consequences.
"Revised and updated edition ..."--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
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"The first problem facing anybody writing about crime fiction is to stake out the limits of the theme."
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