Clues from the Couch Psychology in Detective Fiction from Wilkie Collins to Winspear and Penny

The detective story-the classic whodunit with its time-displacement structure of crime-according to most literary historians, is of relatively recent origin. Early in its development, the whodunit was harshly criticized for its tightly formula-bound structure. Many critics prematurely proclaimed "the death of the whodunit" and even of detective fiction altogether. Yet today, the genre is alive, as contemporary authors have brought it into modern times through a significant integration of elaborate character development and psychology. With the modern psychological detective story emerging from the historical cauldron of detective fiction and early psychology, the genre continues to develop a complexity that reflects and guides the literary sophistication needed. This book, the first of its kind, analyzes over 150 whodunit novels and short stories across the decades, from The Moonstone to the contemporary novels that saved the genre from an ignominious death

ISBN:	9781476688374
Publisher:	McFarland
Imprint:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published date:	30 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	809.3872
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	277
Weight:	340g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	18mm

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