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Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction

  • Cook M
Palgrave Macmillan UK, (2011)
DOI: 10.1057/9780230313736
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Abstract

The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction.The bookincludes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.

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Cook, M. (2011). Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction. Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230313736

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