In "The Mystery to a Solution", John Irwin examines the deeper significance of the genre Poe created and the meaning of Borges's efforts to "double" its origin. Drawing on history, literary history, and practical and speculative criticism, Irwin pursues issues underlying the detective genre into areas as various as the history of mathematics, classical mythology, the double-mirror structure of self consciousness, the anthropology of Evans and Frazer, the structure of chess, automata, the mind-body problem, the etymology of ...
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In "The Mystery to a Solution", John Irwin examines the deeper significance of the genre Poe created and the meaning of Borges's efforts to "double" its origin. Drawing on history, literary history, and practical and speculative criticism, Irwin pursues issues underlying the detective genre into areas as various as the history of mathematics, classical mythology, the double-mirror structure of self consciousness, the anthropology of Evans and Frazer, the structure of chess, automata, the mind-body problem, the etymology of labyrinth, and scores of other topics. Throughout his inquiry, Irwin honours the aesthetic impact on the genre he discusses by relying on the dynamics of the detective story - the uncovering of mysteries, the accumulation of evidence, the tracing of clues, and the final solution that ties it all together. Irwin's other books include "Doubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge", "American Hieroglyphics" and "The Heisenberg Variations".
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/2"; VERY GOOD/DJ VERY GOOD xxiii 481 pp. Text clean and unmarked. Black cloth boards with white lettering on spine in very good condition. Dust jacket in very good condition. Binding firm.
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Very good in good dust jacket. VG+ in Good+ dj, first printing, Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 512 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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VG in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; 2nd printing, The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover w/ DJ, 1994. Book is VG, w/ clean text, tight binding. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips). Free delivery confirmation.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Inscribed by Irwin to poet Robert Lima! Review slip laid in! Black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of rubbing and edgewear, now in archival mylar.
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