You Know My Method

You Know My Method The Science of the Detective

Hardback (31 Jan 1994)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Explores the interrelations between the development of detective novels and the codification of scientific methods from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. Shows how fictional detectives increasingly drew on science and helped raise its esteem among the public. Focuses on Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, and Arthur B. Ree

Book information

ISBN: 9780879726393
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint: Popular Press
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Language: English
Number of pages: 262
Weight: 590g
Height: 241mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 22mm