Kestner (English, U. of Tulsa) examines a large range of detective literature produced in Britain in the Edwardian era. He looks at 30 works of the genre by canonical writers such as Conan Doyle, Chesterton, Bennet, and Conrad, as well as lesser-known authors such as Mason, Barr, Bentley, Prichard and others. The literature is investigated as cultural history, shedding light on such issues as legal reform, marital relations, surveillance, international diplomacy, Germanophobia, masculinity/femininity, and the concept of ...
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Kestner (English, U. of Tulsa) examines a large range of detective literature produced in Britain in the Edwardian era. He looks at 30 works of the genre by canonical writers such as Conan Doyle, Chesterton, Bennet, and Conrad, as well as lesser-known authors such as Mason, Barr, Bentley, Prichard and others. The literature is investigated as cultural history, shedding light on such issues as legal reform, marital relations, surveillance, international diplomacy, Germanophobia, masculinity/femininity, and the concept of popular literature.
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