Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story

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Peter Davies, 1942 - Detective and mystery stories - 347 pages

Contents

1841PLACE AMERICA Genesis I
1
THE INBETWEEN YEARS Development
28
PROFILE BY GASLIGHT Renaissance
45
18901914 The Romantic Era
62
18901914 The Romantic Era
83
THE CONTINENTAL DETECTIVE STORY
103
19181930 The Golden Age
112
19181930 The Golden Age
159
THE RULES OF THE GAME A Reader Looks at Writers
223
THE MURDER MARKET
259
FRIENDS AND FOES The Critical Literature
272
A DETECTIVE STORY BOOKSHELF
298
DICTATORS DEMOCRATS AND DETECTIVES
312
THE FUTURE OF THE DETECTIVE STORY
319
THE PURLOINED LETTER CONTRO VERSY
327
SHERLOCK HOLMES NAME AND OTHER ADDENDA
331

1930 The Moderns
181
1930 The Moderns
207
INDEX
334

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