Howard Haycraft

Murder for Pleasure (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Times of the Detective Story

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Genuinely fascinating reading."The New York Times Book Review
"Diverting and patently authoritative."The New Yorker
"Grand and fascinating ... a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."Rex Stout
"A landmark ... a brilliant study written with charm and authority."Ellery Queen
"This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."Erle Stanley Gardner
Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486837710
• Artikelnr.: 55155509

Autorenporträt

Upon the publication of Murder for Pleasure, Howard Haycraft (1905-91) became one of the first critics to offer a serious look at the mystery/detective genre. The publisher and editor was also a two-time Edgar Award winner and a prolific anthologist whose works include The Art of the Mystery Story, Fourteen Great Detective Stories, and The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective Crime Mystery Fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword I. Time: 1841--Place: America (Genesis) II. The In-Between Years
(Development) III. Profile by Gaslight (Renaissance) IV. England: 1890-1914
(The Romantic Era) V. America: 1890-1914 (The Romantic Era) VI. The
Continental Detective Story VII. England: 1890-1930 (The Golden Age) III.
America: 1918-1930 (The Golden Age) IX. England: 1930- (The Moderns) X.
America: 1930- (The Moderns) XI. The Rules of the Game: (A Reader Looks at
Writers) XII. The Murder Market XIII. Friends and Foes (The Critical
Literature) XIV. A Detective Story Bookshelf XV. Dictators, Democrats, and
Detectives XVI. The Future of the Detective Story) XVII. A Comprehensive
Detective Story Quiz XVIII. Who's Who in Detection Appendix A: "The
Purloined Letter" Controversy Appendix B: Sherlock Holmes' Name and Other
Addenda Appendix C: Notes on Additions to a Cornerstone Library Index