Watteau's shepherds
Subtitle: the detective novel in Britain, 1914-1940
By: LeRoy Panek.
Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Bowling Green, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
Description: Detective stories should be examined from a literary point of view, with special attention to literary history and to materials and patterns from which the writers created their fictions. This book sheds new light into the fascinating field of detective fiction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.