Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction: The Locked Room Mystery (Crime Files)
Book Details
Author(s)
M. Cook
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN
0230276652
ISBN-13
9780230276659
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Sales Rank
#4,068,538
Category
Literary Criticism
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.
