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| 說明 | 1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : illustrations, digital ; 24 cm |
| 文字 | text |
| 無媒介 | computer |
| 成冊 | online resource |
| 說明 | text file PDF |
| 系列 | Crime files |
| Crime files |
| 附註 | This book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction that Antoine Dechene calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts presenting 'unreadable' mysteries which, under the deceptively monolithic appearance of subverting traditional detective story conventions, offer a multiplicity of motifs - the overwhelming presence of chance, the unfulfilled quest for knowledge, the urban stroller lost in a labyrinthine text - that generate a vast array of epistemological and ontological uncertainties. Analysing the works of a wide variety of authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry James, this book is vital reading for scholars of detective fiction |
| 主題 | Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism |
| Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism |
| Metaphysics in literature |
| Literature |
| Twentieth-Century Literature |
| Contemporary Literature |
| North American Literature |
| British and Irish Literature |
| European Literature |
| ISBN/ISSN | 9783319944692 (electronic bk.) |
| 9783319944685 (paper) |
| 10.1007/978-3-319-94469-2 |
