Detecting Texts: The Metaphysical Detective Story from Poe to Postmodernism
"Metaphysical detective stories reveal much about the relation of modernism to postmodernism and of high to low literary culture.Detecting Textsmakes an excellent case for the coherence and breadth of the genre. Its broad scope, clear writing, and notable contributions to a number of literary subfields are among its many virtues."—Shawn Rosenheim, Williams College"No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."—Brian McHale, West Virginia University