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Author Panek, LeRoy, author

Title The essential elements of the detective story, 1820/1891 / LeRoy Lad Panek and Mary M. Bendel-Simso
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Setting -- Law and lawyers -- Physicians and forensics -- Women and detectives -- Crime and criminals -- Detectives and their stories
Summary "Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism
Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Detective and mystery stories
Fiction
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Bendel-Simso, Mary M., 1965- author.
ISBN 9781476628110
1476628114