{"product_id":"theory-and-practice-of-classic-jerome-h-delamater-9780313304620","title":"Theory and Practice of Classic Detective Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombining theoretical and practical approaches, this collection of essays explores classic detective fiction from a variety of contemporary viewpoints. Among the diverse perspectives are those which interrogate the way the genre reflects important social and cultural attitudes, contributes to a reader's ability to adapt to the challenges of daily life, and provides alternate takes on the role of the detective as an investigator and arbiter of truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart I looks at the nature of and the audience for detective fiction, as well as at the genre as a literary form. This section includes an inquiry into the role of the detective; an application of object-relations psychology to the genre; and analyses of recent literary criticism positing that traditional detective fiction contained the seeds of its own subversion. Part II applies a variety of theoretical positions to Agatha Christie and her heirs in the British ratiocinative tradition. A concluding essay positions the genre within the middle-class traditions of the novel since its inception in the eighteenth century. Of interest to all scholars and students of detective fiction and British popular culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerome H. Delamater, Ruth Prigozy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313304629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313304620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.42w x 0.84d","brand":"Jerome H. Delamater","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45064485273855,"sku":"9780313304620","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acd453ca-b942-4765-8d59-5d2fcfda2a58.jpg?v=1712124440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theory-and-practice-of-classic-jerome-h-delamater-9780313304620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}