Heroes and Humanities: Detective Fiction and Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780879723712)

Mystery fiction, although essentially the same in all its national varieties, nevertheless comes in several types and several wrappings.
The present study of American, Australian, and Canadian detective fiction concerns literature which speaks in the ways of heroes and humanities about the human condition. All authors studied here, to one degree or another, demonstrate their concern with human society, some more strongly than others, but all with their eyes on the human situation and human existence. At times these studies lean toward the tragic in their outlook and development. In all instances they center on the humanistic.

Author: Ray B. Browne
ISBN-10: 0879723718
ISBN-13: 9780879723712
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1986
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d