The detective as historian : history and art in historical crime fiction /

The detective as historian : history and art in historical crime fiction /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 310 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism. Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism. Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism. Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism. Literature and history -- English-speaking countries. Detective and mystery stories, American. Detective and mystery stories, English. Historical fiction, American. Historical fiction, English. Literature and history. English-speaking countries. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11173855

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Other authors / contributors:	Browne, Ray B. (Ray Broadus), 1922-2009. Kreiser, Lawrence A., 1969-
ISBN:	9780879728816 0879728817 0879728159 9780879728151 0879728167 9780879728168
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	"The crime fiction examined here covers virtually all of recorded history - from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval Europe through nineteenth-century England and America. The essays in this collection analyze and evaluate these works and demonstrate that they are not only gripping stories in their own right, but also the nerve center for historians of all stripes - from the professional to the most casual minded - to learn about past societies. People of the past appear with all their pretenses down and their acts of violence laid bare."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Detective as historian. Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©2000 0879728159

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Summary:	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.<br> Topics include: Ellis Peter's Brother Cadfael ; Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose ; Susanna Gregory's Doctor 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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 310 pages)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780879728816 0879728817 0879728159 9780879728151 0879728167 9780879728168