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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tamara Holzapfel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1978-08-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol3/iss1/5

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