Detective Fiction

This 1958 guide to detective fiction is divided into 'The Old Masters' and 'The Moderns'.

List of contents

Introduction; Titles mentioned in the introduction; Reading List: 1. The old masters; 2. The moderns; 3. Books about detective fiction; Index of titles.

Summary

In this guide to detective fiction, first published in 1958, W. B. Stevenson divides his bibliography of recommended mystery titles into 'The Old Masters' and 'The Moderns', with an extra section for books about detective fiction. Some of the books recommended remain classics of the genre.

Product details

• Authors: W. B. Stevenson, Stevenson W. B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2013
• EAN: 9781107622210
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62221-0
• No. of pages: 34
• Series: National Book League Readers'; National Book League Reader?s Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; English, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Bibliographies, catalogues, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form