DETECTIVE FICTION: A Collection of Critical Essays
Language: English
Published by Woodstock, Vermont:, 1988
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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First edition thus: A revised and expanded edition. Crease to the rear cover, minor edge wear, else near fine in wraps. Octavo. 301 pages; appendices and indexes. An important collection of some of the early best-known critical essays, including those by W. H. Auden, Dorothy Sayers, Edmund Wilson, and Jacques Barzun. Robin Winks' introduction and closing examination of several contemporary authors provide a fresh perspective for the reader. Scarce revised and enlarged edition.
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- Title
- DETECTIVE FICTION: A Collection of Critical Essays
- Author
- Edited by Robin W. Winks
- Publisher
- Woodstock, Vermont:
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0881501085
- ISBN 13
- 9780881501087
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Literary Criticism.
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