British Murder Mysteries, 1880-1965: Facts and Fictions (1st ed. 2022) (Crime Files)

By: Laura E. Nym Mayhall and Elizabeth Prevost

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Synopsis: British Murder Mysteries, 1880-1965: Facts and Fictions conceptualizes detective fiction as an archive, i.e., a trove of documents and sources to be used for historical interpretation. By framing the genre as a shifting set of values, definitions, and practices, the book historicizes the contested meanings of analytical categories like class, race, gender, nation, and empire that have been applied to the forms and functions of detection. Three organizing themes structure this investigation: fictive facticity, genre fluidity, and conservative modernity. This volume thus shows how British detective fiction from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century both shaped and was shaped by its social, cultural, and political contexts and the lived experience of its authors and readers at critical moments in time.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031071591
Related ISBNs:: 9783031071584
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 09/01/22
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Laura E. Mayhall
Edited by:: Elizabeth Prevost