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Whatever Happened to Sherlock Holmes?: Detective Fiction, Popular Theology, and Society
Whatever Happened to Sherlock Holmes Detective Fiction Popular Theology and Society
Author: Robert S. Paul
Robert S. Paul suggests that the reason detective fiction has won legions of readers may be that "the writer of detective fiction, without conscious intent, appeals directly to those moral and spiritual roots of society unconsciously affirmed and endorsed by the readers."Because detective stories deal with crime and punishment they cannot help d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780809317226
ISBN-10: 0809317222
Publication Date: 11/20/1991
Pages: 306
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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