Before Sherlock Holmes : How Magazines and Newspapers Invented the Detective Story / LeRoy Lad Panek.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.Description: vii, 219 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780786467877 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786467878 (softcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 374 .D4 P32 2011
Contents:
Introduction -- Life before detectives -- Edgar Allan Poe -- Notebooks -- Charles Dickens -- Collins and the sensation novel -- Magazines and family story papers -- Newspaper detectives.
Summary: "This volume surveys the first fifty years of the detective story in nineteenth-century America and England, examining not only major works, but also the lesser known--including contemporary pseudo-biographies, magazines, story papers, and newspapers--recently accessible through new media. By rewriting the history of the mystery genre, this study opens up new avenues for literary exploration"--Provided by publisher.
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"This volume surveys the first fifty years of the detective story in nineteenth-century America and England, examining not only major works, but also the lesser known--including contemporary pseudo-biographies, magazines, story papers, and newspapers--recently accessible through new media. By rewriting the history of the mystery genre, this study opens up new avenues for literary exploration"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index.

Introduction -- Life before detectives -- Edgar Allan Poe -- Notebooks -- Charles Dickens -- Collins and the sensation novel -- Magazines and family story papers -- Newspaper detectives.

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