Mayhem and Murder: Narative and Moral Issues in the Detective Story
ISBN: 9781442677128
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism; Semiotics and literature;

Both detective and reader attempt to solve the crimes in detective novels, relying on the same motifs but employing different narrative interpretations to do so. A unique and lucid examination of a complex genre.


Pyrhönen Heta :

Heta Pyrhoenen is Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Helsinki.

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