Century of detection, a: twenty great mystery stories, 1841-1940
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786446506
Date de publication :
2 nov. 2010
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
653 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines the history of detective fiction from 1841 to 1940, a period which spawned some of its greatest writers. It includes analysis of stories by Edgar Allen Poe, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Susan Glaspell, Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, Chester Himes, and Ralph Ellison.