Century of Detection Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940

Name: Century of Detection Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940
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ISBN: 9780786446506

ISBN-10: 0786446501

ISBN-13: 9780786446506

Edition: 2010

Authors: John Cullen Gruesser

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Designed for both mystery lovers and professors who teach detective fiction, this text examines the history of the genre from 1841 through 1940, a period which spawned some of its greatest writers. Taken together, the stories provide a chronological and thematic survey through a crucial period of the genre's initial development. The volume includes stories by Edgar Allen Poe, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bret Harte, G. K. Chesterton, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Anna Katherine Green, Baroness Orzcy, Susan Glaspell, Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, Pauline Hopkins, Chester Himes, and Ralph Ellison.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 11/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


The Invention of Modern Detection


Edgar Allan Poe


The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe


The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe


The Gold-Bug by Edger Allan Poe


Variations on Poe. Expansions To The Form


Wilkie Collins


Who Is the Thief? by Wilkie Collins


Mark Twain


The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain


G. K. Chesterton


The Blue Cross by G. K. Chesterton


The World's Most Celebrated Detective


Arthur Conan Doyle


A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Adventure of the Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Bret Harte


The Stolen Cigar Case by Bret Harte


Gender, Sexuality, And Detection


Mary Wilkins Freeman


The Long Arm by Mary Wilkins Freeman


Baroness Orczy


The Nine score Mystery by Baroness Orczy


Anna Katharine Green


Missing: Page Thirteen by Anna Katharine Green


Susan Glaspell


A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell


Tough Guys


Carroll John Daly


The False Burton Combs by Carroll John Daly


Dashiell Hammett


The Road Home by Dashiell Hammett


Cornell Woolrich


Murder at the Automat by Cornell Woolrich


Race And Detection


Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins


Talma Gordon by Pauline Hopkins


Chester Himes


He Knew by Chester Himes


Ralph Ellison


The Birthmark by Ralph Ellison


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