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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Page 522
... criminal mind , he probes deeply into the psychopathology of crime . He follows the criminal through his obsessions , his anxieties , and his nightmares . By highlighting the effects of poverty and isolation on potential criminals , he ...
... criminal mind , he probes deeply into the psychopathology of crime . He follows the criminal through his obsessions , his anxieties , and his nightmares . By highlighting the effects of poverty and isolation on potential criminals , he ...
Page 526
... criminal psychol- ogy , adept at using small talk , non sequiturs , and circumlocutions to entrap his quarry . Porfiry subtly drops hints that he knows Raskolnikov's every move , tells him that he likes to keep criminals at bay so that ...
... criminal psychol- ogy , adept at using small talk , non sequiturs , and circumlocutions to entrap his quarry . Porfiry subtly drops hints that he knows Raskolnikov's every move , tells him that he likes to keep criminals at bay so that ...
Page 559
... criminal , a man whom he has been trying to trap without success for decades . According to a commentary by one of the characters , Gastmann represents evil . For Gastmann , evil is not the expression of a philosophy or an instinct ...
... criminal , a man whom he has been trying to trap without success for decades . According to a commentary by one of the characters , Gastmann represents evil . For Gastmann , evil is not the expression of a philosophy or an instinct ...
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