Detective Fiction on the Case of Community: The Mystery at the Heart of the Modern
by Devin Fromm
Title:
Detective Fiction on the Case of Community: The Mystery at the Heart of the Modern
Author:
Devin Fromm
Series (if any):
Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
166 pages
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
ISBN-13:
9781032618470
EAN:
9781032618470
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
520
Dimensions (mm):
159 x 236 x 18
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£174.00
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Description
It examines one of modernity's most trenchant problems.The project rests on the argument that detective fiction emerges specifically from an awareness of the stress that modernization puts on the possibilities of communal life, as industrialization and urbanism accelerate the alienation and atomization we recognize as modern conditions
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