A Century of Detection
Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940
by John Cullen Gruesser and Arthur Conan Doyle
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"Appropriate for the general reader and the student, this wide-ranging anthology of mystery stories provides a chronological and thematic survey of early detection fiction. Six thematic categories foreground the genre's fluidity and evolution, with selections presenting detectives in an array of nationalities, genders and sexual orientations, socioeconomic classes, political points of view, and ethnic and racial backgrounds"--Provided by publisher.
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A Century of Detection: Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940
2010, McFarland & Company
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0786446501 9780786446506
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Designed for mystery lovers as well as professors and students in college courses devoted to detective fiction, this anthology features classic texts, pivotal works by lesser-known authors, and unknown gems by major writers not typically associated with the genre. Providing a chronological and thematic survey of the first one hundred years of detection, the volume includes stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bret Harte, G. K. Chesterton, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Anna Katharine Green, Baroness Orzcy, Susan Glaspell, Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, Pauline Hopkins, Chester Himes, and Ralph Ellison.
Edgar Allan Poe:
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Purloined Letter
The Gold-Bug
Variations on Poe, Expansions of the Form
Wilkie Collins: Who Is the Thief?
Mark Twain: The Stolen White Elephant
G.K. Chesterton: The Blue Cross
The World's Most Celebrated Detective
Arthur Conan Doyle:
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Final Problem
Bret Harte: The Stolen Cigar Case
Gender, Sexuality, and Detection
Mary Wilkins Freeman: The Long Arm
Baroness Orczy: The Ninescore Mystery
Anna Katharine Green: Missing
Susan Glaspell: A Jury of Her Peers
Tough Guys
Carroll John Daly: The False Burton Combs
Dashiell Hammett: The Road Home
Cornell Woolrich: Murder at the Automat
Race and Detection
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Talma Gordon
Chester Himes: He Knew
Ralph Ellison: The Birthmark
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