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This book begins with a history of the detective genre, coextensive with the novel itself, identifying the attitudes and institutions needed for the genre to emerge in its mature form around 1880. The theory of the genre is laid out along with its central theme of the getting and deployment of knowledge.

The Figure of the Detective A Literary History

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 1/16/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786477692, 978-0786477692
      ISBN10: 0786477695

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      Book Synopsis
      This book begins with a history of the detective genre, coextensive with the novel itself, identifying the attitudes and institutions needed for the genre to emerge in its mature form around 1880. The theory of the genre is laid out along with its central theme of the getting and deployment of knowledge.

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