{"product_id":"theory-and-practice-of-classic-detective-fiction","title":"Theory and Practice of Classic Detective Fiction","description":"Combining theoretical and practical approaches, this collection of essays explores classic detective fiction from a variety of contemporary viewpoints. Among the diverse perspectives are those which interrogate the way the genre reflects important social and cultural attitudes, contributes to a reader's ability to adapt to the challenges of daily life, and provides alternate takes on the role of the detective as an investigator and arbiter of truth.\n\nPart I looks at the nature of and the audience for detective fiction, as well as at the genre as a literary form. This section includes an inquiry into the role of the detective; an application of object-relations psychology to the genre; and analyses of recent literary criticism positing that traditional detective fiction contained the seeds of its own subversion. Part II applies a variety of theoretical positions to Agatha Christie and her heirs in the British ratiocinative tradition. A concluding essay positions the genre within the middle-class traditions of the novel since its inception in the eighteenth century. Of interest to all scholars and students of detective fiction and British popular culture.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54219476205912,"sku":"9780313304620","price":86.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780313304620_ab34a084-4aea-4bf8-b8d4-b943a68e679e.jpg?v=1743758142","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/theory-and-practice-of-classic-detective-fiction","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}