UID:
almahu_9948592057302882
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web.
ISBN:
9780810317482
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0810317486
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 70
Content:
Essays on the major writers of British mysteries in the form of novels and short stories. Traces the roots of the mystery form back to earlier cultures. Provides information on varying guises and classifications of mystery writing, including the relationship with the Gothic novel. Explores the history of mystery fiction from a means of popular entertainment to a mode of expression.
Note:
Grant Allen (1848-1899) - Robert Barr (1850-1912-) - E.C. Bentley (1875-1956) - M. McDonnell Bodkin (1850-1933) - Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) - Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) - John Buchan (1875-1940) - G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) - Erskine Childrers (1870-1922) - Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) - Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - J.S. Fletcher (1863-1935) - R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943) - H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) - William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) - E.W. Hornung (1866-1921) - Fergus Hume (1859-1932) - Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) - William Le Queux (1864-1927) - Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868-1947) --- A.E.W. Mason (1865-1948) - Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) - E. Phillips Oppenheim(1866-1946) - Emma, Baroness Orczy (1863-1950) - Sir Max Pemberton (1862-1960) - Angus Reach (1821-1856) - Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883-1959) - Joseph Shearing (Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell) (1886-1952) - George R. Sims (1847-1922) - Bram Stoker (1847-1912) - Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) - H.G. Wells (1866-1946) - Victor L. Whitechurch (1868-1933).
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
