The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction
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- Synopsis
- Readers of detective stories are turning more toward historical crime fiction to learn both what everyday life was like in past societies and how society coped with those who broke the laws and restrictions of the times. The crime fiction treated here ranges from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval and renaissance China and Europe through nineteenth-century England and America. Topics include: Ellis Peter'sBrother Cadfael; Umberto Eco'sName of the Rose; Susanna Gregory'sDoctor Matthew Bartholomew; Peter Heck's Mark Twain as detective; Anne Perry and her Victorian-era world; Caleb Carr's works; and Elizabeth Peter's Egyptologist-adventurer tales.
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780879728816
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780879728151, 9780879728168
- Publisher:
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/27/13
- Copyrighted By:
- The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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