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American Humor - Peoples & Cultures, Peoples & Cultures - Humor

Comic Crime

by Earl Bargainnier
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Overview

The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.

Synopsis

The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.

About the Author, Earl Bargainnier

Earl F. Bargainnier ( –1987)  was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English Language and Literature at Wesleyan College. A former president of the Popular Culture Association, he was the author of more than sixty articles and The Gentle Art of Murder: The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie. He also edited Twelve Englishmen of Mystery and co-edited Cops and Constables.

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 1987
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Pages
202
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780879723842

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