God and the Great Detective
Ellery Queen's Struggle with the Divine, 1945-1965
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2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8872-5 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8872-5 (ISBN)
The problem of evil is never far beneath the surface of mystery fiction, and this was particularly true in the wake of World War II. One figure who set out to investigate this crisis was Ellery Queen. This book provides a study of detective fiction by giving attention to Ellery Queen and suggesting directions for broader discussions of the genre.
The problem of human evil is never far beneath the surface of mystery fiction. This was particularly true in the wake of the horrific events of World War II. One figure who set out to investigate this crisis was Ellery Queen. This book provides a much-needed intervention in the study of detective fiction by giving sustained attention to Ellery Queen as well as suggesting possible directions for broader discussions of the genre. After the war, Queen mounted an inquiry into the state of masculinity and of the world in the wake of unimaginable horrors represented by the death camps and the atomic bomb. During his investigation, Ellery rummaged through the ruins of culture, invoking and evoking figures such as Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and (naturally) Edgar Allan Poe. Ultimately, this quest brought him up against an unexpected foe: God himself. This book examines the ways Queen pushes against the boundaries of what was (and, in some circles, still is) considered possible or desirable in the genre.
The problem of human evil is never far beneath the surface of mystery fiction. This was particularly true in the wake of the horrific events of World War II. One figure who set out to investigate this crisis was Ellery Queen. This book provides a much-needed intervention in the study of detective fiction by giving sustained attention to Ellery Queen as well as suggesting possible directions for broader discussions of the genre. After the war, Queen mounted an inquiry into the state of masculinity and of the world in the wake of unimaginable horrors represented by the death camps and the atomic bomb. During his investigation, Ellery rummaged through the ruins of culture, invoking and evoking figures such as Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and (naturally) Edgar Allan Poe. Ultimately, this quest brought him up against an unexpected foe: God himself. This book examines the ways Queen pushes against the boundaries of what was (and, in some circles, still is) considered possible or desirable in the genre.
Nathanael T. Booth is an associate professor in the School of Foreign Languages at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
One—The Passion of Ellery Queen
Two—Love and Death and the American Detective
Three—Ellery Queen and Masculine Violence
Four—The Evil God Within
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2023 |
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Zusatzinfo | notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 268 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8872-9 / 1476688729 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8872-5 / 9781476688725 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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