The Imagination of Evil: Detective Fiction and the Modern World

by Mary Evans

Book Overview

From its growth in Europe in the nineteenth century, detective fiction has developed into one of the most popular genres of literature and popular culture more widely.
In this monograph, Mary Evans examines detective fiction and its complex relationship to the modern and to modernity. She focuses on two key themes: the moral relationship of detection (and the detective) to a particular social world and the attempt to restore and even improve...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847062067
• ISBN13: 9781847062062
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"