Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2Frank Northen Magill Salem Press, 1988 - 1748 pages Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. |
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... Doyle's short stories and novellas featuring Sherlock Holmes became enduring classics of the mystery / detective genre . Doyle is credited with refining and developing the formula first realized by Edgar Allan Poe in " The Murders in ...
... Doyle's short stories and novellas featuring Sherlock Holmes became enduring classics of the mystery / detective genre . Doyle is credited with refining and developing the formula first realized by Edgar Allan Poe in " The Murders in ...
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... Doyle's dream was to become a great historical novelist like Sir Walter Scott . A prolific writer , Doyle continued to produce painstakingly researched and rendered historical romances , few of which found many readers . Doyle became ...
... Doyle's dream was to become a great historical novelist like Sir Walter Scott . A prolific writer , Doyle continued to produce painstakingly researched and rendered historical romances , few of which found many readers . Doyle became ...
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... Doyle establishes between Wat- son and Holmes , the natural and the supernatural , and Holmes and Stapleton are evidence of Doyle's art as well . Doyle knowingly develops these oppositions within his gothic setting , making a symbolic ...
... Doyle establishes between Wat- son and Holmes , the natural and the supernatural , and Holmes and Stapleton are evidence of Doyle's art as well . Doyle knowingly develops these oppositions within his gothic setting , making a symbolic ...
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