Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel
Brody, Howard.
Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel - 1 online resource (389 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781527564800
Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Physicians in literature.
Detectives in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR830 / .D638 2021
Doctor-Detectives in the Mystery Novel - 1 online resource (389 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781527564800
Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Physicians in literature.
Detectives in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR830 / .D638 2021