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Author | : Patricia Merivale |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2011-06-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0812205456 |
Download Detecting Texts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Although readers of detective fiction ordinarily expect to learn the mystery's solution at the end, there is another kind of detective story—the history of which encompasses writers as diverse as Poe, Borges, Robbe-Grillet, Auster, and Stephen King—that ends with a question rather than an answer. The detective not only fails to solve the crime, but also confronts insoluble mysteries of interpretation and identity. As the contributors to Detecting Texts contend, such stories belong to a distinct genre, the "metaphysical detective story," in which the detective hero's inability to interpret the mystery inevitably casts doubt on the reader's similar attempt to make sense of the text and the world. Detecting Texts includes an introduction by the editors that defines the metaphysical detective story and traces its history from Poe's classic tales to today's postmodernist experiments. In addition to the editors, contributors include Stephen Bernstein, Joel Black, John T. Irwin, Jeffrey T. Nealon, and others.
Author | : Antoine Dechêne |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2018-08-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 331994469X |
Download Detective Fiction and the Problem of Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction that Antoine Dechêne calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts presenting 'unreadable' mysteries which, under the deceptively monolithic appearance of subverting traditional detective story conventions, offer a multiplicity of motifs – the overwhelming presence of chance, the unfulfilled quest for knowledge, the urban stroller lost in a labyrinthine text – that generate a vast array of epistemological and ontological uncertainties. Analysing the works of a wide variety of authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry James, this book is vital reading for scholars of detective fiction.
Author | : Kirsten Weiss |
Publisher | : misterio press |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2021-01-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Magic, Murder... and a Dog Named Dog. When Riga Hayworth finds her new client dead, she smells a setup of metaphysical proportions. Now, to find a killer, Riga must travel from San Francisco to the underworld of Greek mythology... and make it back alive. Donovan, Vinnie, Pen and Brigitte – the story that started it all. The Metaphysical Detective is the prequel to the Riga Hayworth series. If you like no-nonsense heroines and a bit of supernatural with your mystery, you’ll love The Metaphysical Detective. Buy this quirky urban fantasy and explore the magical world of Riga Hayworth today!
Author | : Peter Bondanella |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2009-07-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521852099 |
Download New Essays on Umberto Eco Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An introduction to Eco's contributions to a wide range of academic disciplines, as well as to his literary works.
Author | : Leonie Swann |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2010-10-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385673795 |
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A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of Glennkill, a flock of sheep gathers around their shepherd, George, whose body lies pinned to the ground with a spade. George has cared devotedly for the flock, even reading them books every night. Led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), they set out to find George’s killer. The A-team of investigators includes Othello, the “bad-boy” black ram; Mopple the Whale, a Merino who eats a lot and remembers everything; and Zora, a pensive black-faced ewe with a weakness for abysses. Joined by other members of the richly talented flock, they engage in nightlong discussions about the crime, wild metaphysical speculations, and embark on reconnaissance missions into the village, where they encounter some likely suspects. Along the way, the sheep confront their own all-too-human struggles with guilt, misdeeds, and unrequited love. Funny, fresh, and endearing, it introduces a wonderful new breed of detectives to Canadian readers.
Author | : Alison Moore |
Publisher | : Biblioasis |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2019-10-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1771962763 |
Download Death and the Seaside Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Nearing thirty, with an abandoned literature degree and half-hearted dreams of becoming a writer, Bonnie Falls gives in to her parents’ insistence that she finally move out of their home and takes up residence in a shabby first-floor flat with a concrete garden. When her landlady takes an uncommon interest in her—and one of her unfinished stories—Bonnie’s aspirations are rekindled, and when Sylvia suggests the two of them take a summer holiday to a seaside town oddly similar to the one in which the story is set, Bonnie is quickly persuaded to accompany the enigmatic older woman. A tense exploration of power and vulnerability, obsession and manipulation, Death and the Seaside is a masterpiece of form and gripping psychological novel about the stories that we tell ourselves.
Author | : Catherine Ross Nickerson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2010-07-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0521136067 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to American Crime Fiction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Companion examines the range of American crime fiction from execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programmes like The Sopranos.
Author | : John Fowles |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780671437589 |
Download The Enigma of Stonehenge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The history and meaning of Stonehenge with photographs of the ancient monument as it is today.
Author | : Jedediah Berry |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781594202117 |
Download The Manual of Detection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this tightly plotted debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams.
Author | : Jim Holt |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2012-07-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0871404095 |
Download Why Does the World Exist Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddleof existence from the ancient world to modern times.