{"product_id":"clues-from-the-couch-9781476688374","title":"Clues from the Couch","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The detective story--the classic whodunit with its time-displacement structure of crime--according to most literary historians, is of relatively recent origin. Early in its development, the whodunit was harshly criticized for its tightly formula-bound structure. Many critics prematurely proclaimed the death of the whodunit and even of detective fiction altogether. Yet today, the genre is alive, as contemporary authors have brought it into modern times through a significant integration of elaborate character development and psychology. With the modern psychological detective story emerging from the historical cauldron of detective fiction and early psychology, the genre continues to develop a complexity that reflects and guides the literary sophistication needed. This book, the first of its kind, analyzes over 150 whodunit novels and short stories across the decades, from \u003ci\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/i\u003e to the contemporary novels that saved the genre from an ignominious death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Detective Story in Transition\u003cbr\u003eOne. Psychology: A Brief Look at Some Psychological Concepts Applied to the Classic Whodunit\u003cbr\u003eTwo. An Illustrative Case: The Transition from the \"Straight\" Whodunit to the Psychological Whodunit—from Ellery Queen I to Ellery Queen II\u003cbr\u003eThree. Key Authors and Featured Works with an Infusion of Psychology\u003cbr\u003eFour. 1868–1909: Undercurrents of the Unconscious Before Freud and During His Early Work\u003cbr\u003eFive. 1910–1919: Freudian Psychology and the First Psychological Detectives\u003cbr\u003eSix. 1920–1929: Psychological Detectives, Professional and Amateur\u003cbr\u003eSeven. 1930–1939: Psychology as Genuine Player and as Red Herring\u003cbr\u003eEight. 1940–1949: The Post–Golden Age and the Eruption of the Unconscious\u003cbr\u003eNine. 1950–1959: Psychiatrists, Defense Mechanisms, and the Invisible Witness\u003cbr\u003eTen. 1960–1969: P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, and the Psychological Exploration of Character\u003cbr\u003eEleven. 1970–1979: The Passing of Hercule Poirot and a Legacy of Generativity\u003cbr\u003eTwelve. 1980–1989: Surface Appearance and Psychological Reality\u003cbr\u003eThirteen. 1990–1999: The Whodunit as the Sauce for Psychology's Entrée\u003cbr\u003eFourteen. 2000–2009: Back to Vienna\u003cbr\u003eFifteen. 2010–2019: Two Strands—Freud and Feelings\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Formula and Psychology in the Classic Whodunit\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040506347863,"sku":"9781476688374","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476688374.jpg?v=1750946957","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/clues-from-the-couch-9781476688374","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}