Towards Sherlock Holmes : A Thematic History of Crime Fiction in the 19th Century World
Book Details
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Crime fiction--a product of the burgeoning metropolis of the 19th century--features specialists who identify criminals to protect an anxious citizenry. Before detectives came to play the central role, the protagonists tended to be lawyers or other professionals. Major English writers like Gaskell, Dickens and Collins contributed to the genre--Fergus Hume''s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was a best-seller in 1887--and American and French authors created new forms. This book explores thematic aspects of 19th century crime fiction''s complex history, including various social and gender roles between different time periods and settings, and the imperial elements that made Sherlock Holmes seem dynamically contemporary.
Get Towards Sherlock Holmes by Stephen Knight at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by McFarland & Co Inc and it has 236 pages.
Customers Who Bought This Also Bought
The Picture of Dorian Gray
KSh 1,250.00
Pride and Prejudice
KSh 1,150.00
Moby-Dick
KSh 1,750.00
Emma
KSh 1,350.00
The Karamazov Brothers
KSh 2,100.00
Persuasion
KSh 1,100.00
Bleak House
KSh 2,150.00
What Matters in Jane Austen?
KSh 2,700.00
A Tale of Two Cities
KSh 1,200.00
Little Women
KSh 1,550.00
David Copperfield
KSh 2,100.00
Mansfield Park
KSh 1,250.00
More by Stephen Knight
Crime Fiction since 1800
KSh 18,000.00
English Industrial Fiction of the Mid-Nineteenth Century
KSh 8,650.00
Merlin
KSh 3,100.00
Merlin
KSh 4,750.00
Reading Robin Hood
KSh 15,300.00
Chartist Fiction of Ernest Jones
KSh 16,750.00
Robin Hood
KSh 4,500.00
Reading Robin Hood
KSh 4,500.00
Wilkie Collins
KSh 30,950.00
A Hundred Years of Fiction
KSh 1,700.00
Medieval Literature and Social Politics
KSh 8,000.00
Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics
KSh 7,200.00
