Detective Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays

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Robin W. Winks
Countryman Press, 1988 - Fiction - 301 pages

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Contents

Introduction
1
The Genre Examined
15
Aristotle on Detective Fiction
25
Copyright

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Detective Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays
Robin W. Winks
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TitleDetective Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays
A Foul Play Press book
EditorRobin W. Winks
Editionrevised
PublisherCountryman Press, 1988
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedFeb 17, 2010
ISBN0881501085, 9780881501087
Length301 pages
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Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Mystery & Detective
  
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