The detective and the artist : painters, poets and writers in crime fiction, 1840s-1970s /
The Detective and the Artist: Painters, Poets and Writers in Crime Fiction, 1840s-1970s focuses upon the distinctive role that artists have played in detective fiction, as detectives, as villains, and victims and as bystanders. Detectives may use various methods, ratiocinative, scientific or hard-bo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2019]
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| Summary: | The Detective and the Artist: Painters, Poets and Writers in Crime Fiction, 1840s-1970s focuses upon the distinctive role that artists have played in detective fiction, as detectives, as villains, and victims and as bystanders. Detectives may use various methods, ratiocinative, scientific or hard-boiled, but they always unravel the threads that the villains have woven into deceptive covers for their crimes. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 188 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476677491 1476677492 |