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Detective Fiction And The Problem Of Knowledge - ENG

Perspectives On The Metacognitive Mystery Tale

Antoine Dechêne

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ISBN:	9783319944692
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Crítica literaria
Subtema:	Norteamericana general
Año de publicación:	2018-08-16

This book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction thatÂ Antoine DechÃªne calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts presenting unreadable mysteries which, under the deceptively monolithic appearance of subverting traditional detective story conventions, offer a multiplicity of motifs â€“ the overwhelming presence of chance, the unfulfilled quest for knowledge, the urban stroller lost in a labyrinthine text â€“ that generate a vast array of epistemological and ontological uncertainties. Analysing the works of a wide variety of authors, includingÂ Edgar Allan Poe,Â Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry James, this book is vital reading for scholars of detective fiction.Â

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