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 557
... critics , and educated audiences were accustomed to display . Dürrenmatt is the only contempory German - speaking author of stature to write detective fiction . He has employed the detective novel to express his basic concept of justice ...
... critics , and educated audiences were accustomed to display . Dürrenmatt is the only contempory German - speaking author of stature to write detective fiction . He has employed the detective novel to express his basic concept of justice ...
Page 613
... critics from analyzing the Bond books in terms of Freudian psychology , or as a reflection of the decline of Western society , or as a working out of the " phallic code , " or even as an expression of an intent " to destroy the modern ...
... critics from analyzing the Bond books in terms of Freudian psychology , or as a reflection of the decline of Western society , or as a working out of the " phallic code , " or even as an expression of an intent " to destroy the modern ...
Page 698
... critics did not like the new Bond ; although Gardner had generally received good reviews from critics during his career , the Bond novels were an exception . Most of Gardner's critics contended that he had failed to capture the spirit ...
... critics did not like the new Bond ; although Gardner had generally received good reviews from critics during his career , the Bond novels were an exception . Most of Gardner's critics contended that he had failed to capture the spirit ...
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