Mystery and Its Fictions: From Oedipus to Agatha ChristieJohns Hopkins University Press, 1979 - 203 pages Overview: Dedicated mystery fans, as well as those interested in literary theory or in the individual writers discussed, will find in Grossvogel's book an eloquent discourse on the relation of detective fiction to literary tradition. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Discovering Only the Discoverer | 23 |
Containment of the Unknown | 39 |
Copyright | |
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