An edition of Mortal consequences (1956)

Bloody murder

from the detective story to the crime novel : a history

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An edition of Mortal consequences (1956)

Bloody murder

from the detective story to the crime novel : a history

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
261

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Subjects

Crime in literature, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Roman policier, Histoire et critique, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism

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Cover of: Bloody murder
Bloody murder: from the detective story to the crime novel
1992, Mysterious Press
in English - 3rd rev. ed.
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Bloody murder: from the detective story to the crime novel : a history
1985, Viking
in English
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Cover of: Bloody murder
Bloody murder: from the detective story to the crime novel : a history
1985, Viking
in English
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Cover of: Mortal Consequences a History from the Detective S
Mortal Consequences a History from the Detective S
June 1973, Schocken Books
Paperback
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Mortal consequences: a history from the detective story to the crime novel.
1972, Harper & Row
in English - [1st U.S. ed.]
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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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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809.3/872
Library of Congress
PN3448.D4 S87 1985, PN3448.D4

The Physical Object

Pagination
261 p. ;
Number of pages
261

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OL24751421M
Internet Archive
bloodymurderfrom00symo
ISBN 10
0670800961
ISBN 13
9780670800964
LCCN
84051885
OCLC/WorldCat
11932350, 11952166

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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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