Mystery and Its Fictions: From Oedipus to Agatha ChristieJohns Hopkins University Press, 1979 - 203 Seiten Overview: Dedicated mystery fans, as well as those interested in literary theory or in the individual writers discussed, will find in Grossvogel's book an eloquent discourse on the relation of detective fiction to literary tradition. |
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... extends beyond its intentional narrow- 1. At least in the aggregate . Even if one excludes the handful of Agatha Christie's works that were not detective stories , a total sales of well over 400 million by 1975 , translated into 103 ...
... extends beyond its intentional narrow- 1. At least in the aggregate . Even if one excludes the handful of Agatha Christie's works that were not detective stories , a total sales of well over 400 million by 1975 , translated into 103 ...
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... extends between the crime and its resolution . However infallible the detective ( and , in the traditional genre , all are equally infallible ) , he cannot be so percipient as to reveal instantly the sham for what it is . In proportion ...
... extends between the crime and its resolution . However infallible the detective ( and , in the traditional genre , all are equally infallible ) , he cannot be so percipient as to reveal instantly the sham for what it is . In proportion ...
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... extends into our every repossession of the myth through the further reductiveness of our commentary . Every reference to Oedipus leads us back to ourselves even as it leads us out into a world of " meanings " : Oedipus is also what Jean ...
... extends into our every repossession of the myth through the further reductiveness of our commentary . Every reference to Oedipus leads us back to ourselves even as it leads us out into a world of " meanings " : Oedipus is also what Jean ...
Inhalt
Discovering Only the Discoverer | 23 |
Containment of the Unknown | 39 |
Divine Mystery and Literary Salvation | 53 |
Urheberrecht | |
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