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