Title: Fiction, crime, and empire : clues to modernity and postmodernism /
Authors: Thompson, Jon, 1959-
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: English fiction History and criticism; Crime in literature.; Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism.; Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.; Spy stories, English History and criticism.; Postmodernism (Literature); Imperialism in literature.; Modernism (Literature); Popular literature English-speaking countries History and criticism.; Postmodernism (Literature) English-speaking countries; Modernism (Literature) English-speaking countries; Espionage in literature.; Spies in literature.
Contents: 1. Preliminary Mappings: Modernism and Genre Fiction -- pt. I. The Emergence of the Modern Detective Hero. 2. The Power of Knowledge: Poe's Detective Fiction and the Ideology of Rationalism. 3. The Adventurous Detective: Conan Doyle and Imperialism -- pt. II. Empire and Espionage: The "Great Game" Begins. 4. The Heroic Spy Novel: Kim and the Rhetoric of the Great Game. 5. The Ironic Spy Novel: Anarchy, Irony, and Empire in The Secret Agent -- pt. III. Modernists and Detectives. 6. Modernism and the "Search for a Remoter Something" 7. Popular Modernisms -- pt. IV. Postmodern Crime Fiction. 8. Agents and Human Agency in the Postmodern World -- Conclusion: Postmodern Fictions of Crime.