Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction
From Sherlock Holmes onwards, fictional detectives use lenses: Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction argues that these visual aids are metaphors for ways of seeing, and that they help us to understand not only individual detectives’ methods but also the kinds of cultural...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Crime Files
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Through a Glass Darkly
- Chapter 1: Introduction: What the Spectacled Detective Sees
- Chapter 2: Out of Focus: Ariadne Oliver
- Part II: Seeing the Unseen
- Chapter 3: Scouting Skills: Max Carrados, Sherlock Holmes’ Blind Rival
- Chapter 4: An Unseen Hook and an Invisible Line: Father Brown
- Part III: Seeing Through Glass
- Chapter 5: The Man with the Monocle: Lord Peter Wimsey
- Chapter 6: An Ass in Horn-Rims: Albert Campion
- Part IV: Binocular Vision
- Chapter 7: Seeing Double: Inspector Alleyn
- Chapter 8: The Double Vision of Dornford Yates
- Chapter 9: Conclusion