 | Detecting Texts: The Metaphysical Detective Story from Poe to Postmodernism Subjects: Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism; Experimental fiction -- History and criticism; Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Metaphysics in literature; Fiction -- Technique; "No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."--Brian McHale, West Virginia University Patricia Merivale is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of British Columbia. Susan Elizabeth Sweeney is Associate Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross. |
