Icons of mystery and crime detection : from sleuths to superheroes / / Mitzi M. Brunsdale
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Brunsdale Mitzi
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| Titolo: |
Icons of mystery and crime detection : from sleuths to superheroes / / Mitzi M. Brunsdale
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood, c2010 |
| Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood, , 2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (2 volumes (various pagings)) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 809.3/872 |
| Soggetto topico: | Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism |
| Detective and mystery stories - Authorship | |
| Note generali: | Description based on print version record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Volume 2""; ""Tony Hillerman: Creator of Ethnic Detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee""; ""Alfred Hitchcock: Cinema�s Master of Suspense""; ""Sherlock Holmes: The Genius Detective""; ""Inspector Jules Maigret: The Gallic Gumshoe""; ""Philip Marlowe: The Detective as Knight Errant""; ""Perry Mason: The Legal Sleuth""; ""Edgar Allan Poe: The Father of Detective Fiction""; ""Dorothy L. Sayers: Creator of Lord Peter Wimsey, the Aristocratic Sleuth""; ""Sam Spade: The Hard-Boiled Private Eye""; ""Dick Tracy: The First Comic Strip Police Detective Hero"" |
| ""Nero Wolfe: The Armchair Sleuth""""Zorro: The Masked Avenger""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | ""As one of the few titles available organized by character with in-depth character analysis and some literary criticism, this is a nice addition to any reference collection supporting serious mystery, suspense, and detective fans at the college and high school levels. Recommended."" - <STRONG> Library Journal </STRONG> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Icons of mystery and crime detection |
| ISBN: | 1-282-93301-9 |
| 9786612933011 | |
| 0-313-34531-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821243003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Greenwood icons.