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 517
... themes , a recapitulation of the themes , and a coda which brings the composition to a satisfactory conclusion . A " great symphony " of several movements would repeat the basic form numerous times . Since the classic sym- phony ...
... themes , a recapitulation of the themes , and a coda which brings the composition to a satisfactory conclusion . A " great symphony " of several movements would repeat the basic form numerous times . Since the classic sym- phony ...
Page 540
... themes of justice and injustice . The issues of right and wrong are , in keeping with the realistic tone of the ... theme of The Jew's Beech Tree- and of much crime fiction — is therefore an ethical one : Life presents choices , and the ...
... themes of justice and injustice . The issues of right and wrong are , in keeping with the realistic tone of the ... theme of The Jew's Beech Tree- and of much crime fiction — is therefore an ethical one : Life presents choices , and the ...
Page 755
... themes of criminality and mystery that Godwin exploited in Caleb Williams are repeated in his later , rather pedestrian efforts . Like Caleb Williams , the title figure of St. Leon is falsely accused of a crime , the murder of an old ...
... themes of criminality and mystery that Godwin exploited in Caleb Williams are repeated in his later , rather pedestrian efforts . Like Caleb Williams , the title figure of St. Leon is falsely accused of a crime , the murder of an old ...
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