Detecting the Nation : Fictions of Detection and the Imperial Venture / / Caroline Reitz

• Autore: Reitz Caroline
• Pubblicazione: Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 123 p. )
• Disciplina: 823/.087209358
• Soggetto topico: Police in literature; Colonies in literature; Imperialism in literature; English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies In literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-118) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Detecting the Nation
• ISBN: 0-8142-7310-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910552774403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II