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The Mysteries of the Cities: Urban Crime Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examines the origins of the urban mystery genre, which sought to grapple with the rise of enormous, anonymous cities, beginning... Læs mere
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The Brotherhood (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A classic and highly controversial exposé of the secret world of the Freemasons reissued with a new introduction by Martin Short, author of ‘Inside the Brotherhood’.
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G. W. M. Reynolds and His Fiction: The Man Who Outsold Dickens (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
George Reynolds is arguably the most prolific of all nineteenth-century English novelists, yet today remains almost unknown in the canon of... Læs mere
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Secrets of Crime Fiction Classics: Detecting the Delights of 21 Enduring Stories (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Discusses in detail the books selected as the most popular and influential mysteries across time. Starting with Caleb... Læs mere
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Australian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this book Stephen Knight, long-established as an authority on the genre and now back in Melbourne, tells in detail and with analytic coherence the story of a rich but previously little-known national crime fiction.
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Reading Robin Hood: Content, Form and Reception in the Outlaw Myth (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Explores and explains stories about the mythic outlaw, who from the middle ages to the present stands up for the values of natural law and true justice. -- .
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Drizzle Mizzzle Downpour Deluge (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
First poetry collection for 8 years from a long-admired poet who has twice been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize
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Towards Sherlock Holmes: A Thematic History of Crime Fiction in the 19th Century World (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
"Crime fiction features specialists who identify criminals to protect an anxious citizenry. Before detectives came... Læs mere
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Medieval Literature and Social Politics: Studies of Cultures and Their Contexts (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Medieval Literature and Social Politics brings together seventeen articles by literary historian Stephen Knight. It will be... Læs mere
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Wilkie Collins: The Complete Fiction (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Delivering fresh insight into the variety and richness of Collins’ themes and arguments, this volume provides a key source of information and analysis on all Collins’ fiction.
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English Industrial Fiction of the Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Voice of the People (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
English Industrial Fiction of the Mid-Nineteenth Century discusses the valuable fiction written in mid-nineteenth century Britain which represents the situations of the new breed of industrial workers.
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Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. Each of the book's four central chapters identifies a particular model of the hero, mythic or biographic.
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