Crime and Detection in a Defective World: The Detective Fictions of Borges and Dürrenmatt
The debt of contemporary writers to detective fiction, both in theme and technique, has been noted in recent criticism. However, studies of a comparative nature are virtually nonexistent. This article attempts to show some remarkable parallels in the approach taken by Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Jorge...
Main Author: | Tamara Holzapfel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
1978-08-01
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Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol3/iss1/5 |
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