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Reitz Caroline |
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Detecting the Nation : Fictions of Detection and the Imperial Venture / / Caroline Reitz |
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Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2004 |
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©2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxv, 123 p. ) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Police in literature |
Colonies in literature |
Imperialism in literature |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Colonies In literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-118) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : imperial detection -- Bad cop/good cop : Godwin, Mill, and the imperial origins of the English detective -- Thuggee and the "discovery" of the English detective -- Making an English virtue of necessity : Dickens and Collins bring it home -- Separated at birth : Doyle, Kipling, and the partition of English detective fiction -- Conclusion. |
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