Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel

By:

Brody, Howard [Author]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 1 online resource (389 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781527564800

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PR830 .D638 2021

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Subject: This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of one variant of the mystery story or novel--the use of a physician as the major detective. There is little difference between a medical ""case study"" and a mystery story. The book reviews the works of major authors, from R. Austin Freeman, Helen McCloy, Josephine Bell, and H.C. Bailey, to Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Aaron Elkins, and Colin Cotterill, with briefer reviews of minor authors. It also addresses historical (fictional) physician detectives, psychological detectives, and physician detective nonfiction.Physicians and health wo.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PR830.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1236266898

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This is the first book to offer a critical analysis of one variant of the mystery story or novel--the use of a physician as the major detective. There is little difference between a medical ""case study"" and a mystery story. The book reviews the works of major authors, from R. Austin Freeman, Helen McCloy, Josephine Bell, and H.C. Bailey, to Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Aaron Elkins, and Colin Cotterill, with briefer reviews of minor authors. It also addresses historical (fictional) physician detectives, psychological detectives, and physician detective nonfiction.Physicians and health wo.

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