01899nam 2200433 450 991016502370332120230809222800.01-4766-2811-4(CKB)3710000001064811(MiAaPQ)EBC4806812(EXLCZ)99371000000106481120170307h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe essential elements of the detective story, 1820-1891 /LeRoy Lad Panek and Mary M. Bendel-SimsoJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,2017.©20171 online resource (256 pages)1-4766-6699-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Setting -- Law and lawyers -- Physicians and forensics -- Women and detectives -- Crime and criminals -- Detectives and their stories."Drawing on the unprecedented access provided by digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this book examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on such crucial elements as setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives"--Provided by publisher.Detective and mystery storiesHistory and criticismFiction19th centuryHistory and criticismDetective and mystery storiesHistory and criticism.FictionHistory and criticism.809.3/872Panek LeRoy687923Bendel-Simso Mary M.1965-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910165023703321The essential elements of the detective story, 1820-18912891639UNINA