A Century of Detection
Twenty Great Mystery Stories, 1841-1940
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Contributions
- John Cullen Gruesser - Editor
- Edgar Allan Poe - Contributor
- Wilkie Collins - Contributor
- Mark Twain - Contributor
- Arthur Conan Doyle - Contributor
and 12 more
- Bret Harte - Contributor
- G. K. Chesterton - Contributor
- Mary Wilkins Freeman - Contributor
- Anna Katharine Green - Contributor
- Baroness Orzcy - Contributor
- Susan Glaspell - Contributor
- Carroll John Daly - Contributor
- Dashiell Hammett - Contributor
- Cornell Woolrich - Contributor
- Pauline Hopkins - Contributor
- Chester Himes - Contributor
- Ralph Ellison - Contributor
Publication
2010 - McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina and London
Language
English
Word Count
94,500 words, Guess
Page Count
378 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27687814M
- ISBN-139780786446506
- ISBN-100786446501
- OCLC Control Number758834769
- OCLC Control Number648480877
and 4 more
- Internet Archivecenturyofdetecti0000unse
- Library of Congress Control Number2010028931
- Amazon0786446501
- Goodreads59493673
Classifications
- LCCPS648.D4C42 2010
Description
> Designed for mystery lovers as well as professors and students in college courses devoted to detective fiction, this anthology features classic texts, pivotal works by lesser-known authors, and unknown gems by major writers not typically associated with the genre. Providing a chronological and thematic survey of the first one hundred years of detection, the volume includes stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bret Harte, G. K. Chesterton, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Anna Katharine Green, Baroness Orzcy, Susan Glaspell, Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, Pauline Hopkins, Chester Himes, and Ralph Ellison. Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) The Gold-Bug **Variations on Poe, Expansions of the Form** Wilkie Collins: Who Is the Thief? Mark Twain: The Stolen White Elephant G.K. Chesterton: The Blue Cross **The World's Most Celebrated Detective** Arthur Conan Doyle: [A Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14930611W) [The Adventure of the Speckled Band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W) The Adventure of the Final Problem Bret Harte: The Stolen Cigar Case **Gender, Sexuality, and Detection** Mary Wilkins Freeman: The Long Arm Baroness Orczy: The Ninescore Mystery Anna Katharine Green: Missing Susan Glaspell: A Jury of Her Peers **Tough Guys** Carroll John Daly: The False Burton Combs Dashiell Hammett: The Road Home Cornell Woolrich: Murder at the Automat **Race and Detection** Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins: Talma Gordon Chester Himes: He Knew Ralph Ellison: The Birthmark
Description
"Appropriate for the general reader and the student, this wide-ranging anthology of mystery stories provides a chronological and thematic survey of early detection fiction. Six thematic categories foreground the genre's fluidity and evolution, with selections presenting detectives in an array of nationalities, genders and sexual orientations, socioeconomic classes, political points of view, and ethnic and racial backgrounds"--Provided by publisher.
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