Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction

by Lisa Hopkins

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From Sherlock Holmes onwards, fictional detectives use lenses: Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction argues that these visual aids are metaphors for ways of seeing, and that they help us to understand not only individual detectives' methods but also the kinds of cultural work detective fiction may do. It is sometimes regarded as a socially conservative form, and certainly the enduring popularity of 'Golden Age'...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3031298489

ISBN13:9783031298486

Release Date:June 2023

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:193 Pages

Weight:0.87 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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