Guilty but insane: mind and law in golden age detective fiction
Auteur :
Walton, Samantha
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198723332
Date de publication :
29 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,2 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
474 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Guilty But Insane offers a timely and challenging discussion of the relationship between popular literature, science, and what it means to be human by examining how writers of detective fiction during the 1920s to 1940s understood guilt, responsibility, and the workings of the mind in relation to crime.