The Resource Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science, Ronald R. Thomas
Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science, Ronald R. Thomas
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- Summary
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- "This is the first book about the relationship between the development of forensic science in the nineteenth century and the invention of the new literary genre of detective fiction in Britain and America. Ronald R. Thomas examines the criminal body as a site of interpretation and enforcement in a wide range of fictional examples, from Poe, Dickens and Hawthorne through Twain and Conan Doyle to Hammett, Chandler and Christie. He is especially concerned with the authority the literary detective manages to secure through the "devices"--Fingerprinting, photography, lie detectors - with which he discovers the truth and establishes his expertise, and the way in which those devices relate to broader questions of cultural authority at decisive moments in the history of the genre. This is an interdisciplinary project, framing readings of literary texts with an analysis of contemporaneous developments in criminology, the rules of evidence, and modern scientific accounts of identity."--Jacket
- "This is the first book about the relationship between the development of forensic science in the nineteenth century and the invention of the new literary genre of detective fiction in Britain and America. Ronald R. Thomas examines the criminal body as a site of interpretation and enforcement in a wide range of fictional examples, from Poe, Dickens and Hawthorne through Twain and Conan Doyle to Hammett, Chandler and Christie. He is especially concerned with the authority the literary detective manages to secure through the "devices" - fingerprinting, photography, lie detectors - with which he discovers the truth and establishes his expertise, and the way in which those devices relate to broader questions of cultural authority at decisive moments in the history of the genre. This is an interdisciplinary project, framing readings of literary texts with an analysis of contemporaneous developments in criminology, the rules of evidence, and modern scientific accounts of identity."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 341 pages
- Contents
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- The devices of truth -- The lie detector and the thinking machine -- The unequal voice in "The murders in the rue morgue" -- The letter of the law in The woman in white -- The criminal type in "A case of identity" -- The voice of America in Red harvest -- The mug shot and the magnifying glass -- Photographic memories in Bleak House -- Double exposures in The house of the seven gables -- Negative images in "A scandal in Bohemia" -- Empty cameras in The big sleep and Farewell, my lovely
- The fingerprint and the map of crime -- Foreign bodies in A study in scarlet and The sign of four -- Accusing hands in Pudd'nhead Wilson -- International plots in The Maltese falcon and Murder on the Orient Express -- Missing persons and secret agents
- Isbn
- 9780521653039
- Label
- Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science
- Title
- Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science
- Statement of responsibility
- Ronald R. Thomas
- Subject
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- Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History
- Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Forensic sciences -- History
- History
- Literature and science -- United States -- History
- Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism
- Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism
- Literature and science -- English-speaking countries
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "This is the first book about the relationship between the development of forensic science in the nineteenth century and the invention of the new literary genre of detective fiction in Britain and America. Ronald R. Thomas examines the criminal body as a site of interpretation and enforcement in a wide range of fictional examples, from Poe, Dickens and Hawthorne through Twain and Conan Doyle to Hammett, Chandler and Christie. He is especially concerned with the authority the literary detective manages to secure through the "devices"--Fingerprinting, photography, lie detectors - with which he discovers the truth and establishes his expertise, and the way in which those devices relate to broader questions of cultural authority at decisive moments in the history of the genre. This is an interdisciplinary project, framing readings of literary texts with an analysis of contemporaneous developments in criminology, the rules of evidence, and modern scientific accounts of identity."--Jacket
- "This is the first book about the relationship between the development of forensic science in the nineteenth century and the invention of the new literary genre of detective fiction in Britain and America. Ronald R. Thomas examines the criminal body as a site of interpretation and enforcement in a wide range of fictional examples, from Poe, Dickens and Hawthorne through Twain and Conan Doyle to Hammett, Chandler and Christie. He is especially concerned with the authority the literary detective manages to secure through the "devices" - fingerprinting, photography, lie detectors - with which he discovers the truth and establishes his expertise, and the way in which those devices relate to broader questions of cultural authority at decisive moments in the history of the genre. This is an interdisciplinary project, framing readings of literary texts with an analysis of contemporaneous developments in criminology, the rules of evidence, and modern scientific accounts of identity."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thomas, Ronald R.
- Dewey number
- 823/.087209
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR830.D4
- LC item number
- T53 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture
- Series volume
- 26
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Detective and mystery stories, English
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Popular literature
- Literature and science
- Forensic sciences
- Literature and science
- Literature and science
- Label
- Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science, Ronald R. Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-334) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The devices of truth -- The lie detector and the thinking machine -- The unequal voice in "The murders in the rue morgue" -- The letter of the law in The woman in white -- The criminal type in "A case of identity" -- The voice of America in Red harvest -- The mug shot and the magnifying glass -- Photographic memories in Bleak House -- Double exposures in The house of the seven gables -- Negative images in "A scandal in Bohemia" -- Empty cameras in The big sleep and Farewell, my lovely
- The fingerprint and the map of crime -- Foreign bodies in A study in scarlet and The sign of four -- Accusing hands in Pudd'nhead Wilson -- International plots in The Maltese falcon and Murder on the Orient Express -- Missing persons and secret agents
- Control code
- 40631842
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 341 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521653039
- Lccn
- 99011713
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science, Ronald R. Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-334) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The devices of truth -- The lie detector and the thinking machine -- The unequal voice in "The murders in the rue morgue" -- The letter of the law in The woman in white -- The criminal type in "A case of identity" -- The voice of America in Red harvest -- The mug shot and the magnifying glass -- Photographic memories in Bleak House -- Double exposures in The house of the seven gables -- Negative images in "A scandal in Bohemia" -- Empty cameras in The big sleep and Farewell, my lovely
- The fingerprint and the map of crime -- Foreign bodies in A study in scarlet and The sign of four -- Accusing hands in Pudd'nhead Wilson -- International plots in The Maltese falcon and Murder on the Orient Express -- Missing persons and secret agents
- Control code
- 40631842
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 341 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521653039
- Lccn
- 99011713
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism
- Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
- Forensic sciences -- History
- History
- Literature and science -- English-speaking countries
- Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History
- Literature and science -- United States -- History
- Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism
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