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The mysteries of the cities : urban crime fiction in the nineteenth century / Stephen Knight.
- Title
- The mysteries of the cities : urban crime fiction in the nineteenth century / Stephen Knight.
- Author
- Knight, Stephen Thomas.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN3448.D4 K57 2012 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vii, 232 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "A popular crime genre in the nineteenth century, urban mysteries have largely been ignored ever since. This historical and critical text examines the origins of the innovative genre, which sought to grapple with the rise of enormous, anonymous cities, beginning in France in 1842, then spreading rapidly across the continent and into America and Australia"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Master of the mysteries : Eugène Sue's Les mystères de Paris -- 2. The voice of the people : George Reynolds's The mysteries of London -- 3. Across the Channel : Paul Féval's Les mystères de Londres -- 4. The Philadelphia version : George Lippard's The Quaker city -- 5. "A perfect daguerreotype of this great city" : Edward Zane Carroll Judson's The mysteries and miseries of New York -- 6. Mysteries across the world : Donald Cameron's The mysteries of Melbourne life.
- ISBN
- 9780786463411 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786463414 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011037376
- OCLC
- 733232507
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library