Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock

This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and form...

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Main Author Clarke, C
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2014
Edition1
Subjects
19th century
Detective and mystery stories, English
English fiction
History and criticism
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Summary:This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre.
ISBN:9780230390539
0230390536
DOI:10.1057/9780230390546