
Tell your friends about this item:
A Century of Detection: Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940
John Cullen Gruesser
A Century of Detection: Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940
John Cullen Gruesser
Examines the history of detective fiction from 1841 to 1940, a period which spawned some of its greatest writers. It includes analysis of stories by Edgar Allen Poe, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Susan Glaspell, Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, Chester Himes, and Ralph Ellison.
370 pages, photos, bibliography, index
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 2, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780786446506 |
Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
Pages | 378 |
Dimensions | 178 × 254 × 19 mm · 653 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Gruesser, John Cullen |
Show all
More by John Cullen Gruesser
See all of John Cullen Gruesser ( e.g. Paperback Book and Hardcover Book )