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 602
... person whose person- ality elicits a shock of recognition from the reader . Unlike P. D. James and Ruth Rendell , however , Ferrars has resisted firmly any tendency to move from detective fiction to a standard novel . If Virginia is a ...
... person whose person- ality elicits a shock of recognition from the reader . Unlike P. D. James and Ruth Rendell , however , Ferrars has resisted firmly any tendency to move from detective fiction to a standard novel . If Virginia is a ...
Page 690
... person . The cases were thrown out , making Gardner a hero in the Chinese community ; Gardner recipro- cated by frequently using Chinese characters and Chinatown locations in his stories . The device of confusing identification by ...
... person . The cases were thrown out , making Gardner a hero in the Chinese community ; Gardner recipro- cated by frequently using Chinese characters and Chinatown locations in his stories . The device of confusing identification by ...
Page 751
... person , but realized that only a first - person account would do . ) The passage also highlights the novel's existentialist theme : Calamity has forced Caleb to realize how ultimately William Godwin 751.
... person , but realized that only a first - person account would do . ) The passage also highlights the novel's existentialist theme : Calamity has forced Caleb to realize how ultimately William Godwin 751.
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