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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: supernatural and fantastic in short detective fiction
    sub title: a survey, 1841-2000
  name:
    name part: Blackwell, Laird R. (Laird Richard)
    name part: 1945-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ncu
    date issued: 2020
    copyright date: 2020
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: v, 208 pages ; 23 cm.
  abstract: Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics and readers of detective fiction contend that the "fantastic" and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the "fantastic" can comfortably coexist. The "locked room" mystery, which often uses the fantastic as a red-herring to eventually be debunked by reason and logic, has long been among the most popular subgenres of detective fiction, but it is not the only type of celebrated detective story. This book also explores stories featuring almost supernaturally gifted detectives, stories where the supernatural is truly encountered, and stories with ambiguous endings. Almost 500 detective stories from 1841-2000, in which the fantastic or supernatural plays a central role, are discussed and analyzed. Although not all the stories are judged to be successful as detective tales, in the great majority, the fantastic enlivens the tale and deepens the mystery without weakening the detective elements.
  table of contents: Introduction: Bringing the fantastic and the detective together -- The apparently fantastic shown to be natural -- Locked-room murders and other impossible crimes -- Other fantastic scenarios -- Superstitions, prophecies, and curses -- The charlatan occult detective -- A touch of the fantastic. The super-sensitive detective -- The fanciful, the fabled, and the psychological -- The truly supernatural. The supernatural experienced or investigated -- The supernatural combatted -- Supernatural or natural? The Intrigue of unanswered questions -- Conclusion: The detective, the rational, and the fantastic.
  note: Laird R. Blackwell.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Detective and mystery stories, English
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: English fiction
    temporal: 19th century
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: English fiction
    temporal: 20th century
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Detective and mystery stories, American
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: American fiction
    temporal: 19th century
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: American fiction
    temporal: 20th century
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Supernatural in literature
  subject:
    topic: Fantasy in literature
  subject:
    topic: Short story
  classification: PR868.D4 B57 2020
  classification: 823/.08720937
  identifier: 9781476681283
  identifier: 1476681287
  identifier: 9781476639451
  identifier: 2020044350
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 200929
    record change date: 20210422111227.0
    record identifier: in00004400159