Towards Sherlock Holmes
Subtitle: A Thematic History of Crime Fiction in the 19th Century World
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781476666167
Subjects: Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character)
Description: "Crime fiction features specialists who identify criminals to protect an anxious citizenry. Before detectives came to play the central role, the protagonists tended to be lawyers. English writers like Gaskell, Dickens and Collins contributed to the genre and American and French authors created new forms. This book explores thematic aspects of 19th century crime fiction's complex history"--