Synod of Sleuths
Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction
Published on 1. November 1990
Book
Hardback
169 pages
978-0-8108-2382-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this collection of original essays, several prominent writers and critics of the genre examine the interface of theology and detection. Edward D. Hoch discusses Roman Catholic sleuths; James Yaffe discusses Jews in detective fiction; Marvin Lachman discusses the use of religious cults as mystery story backgrounds; co-editor Breen writes of Protestant religious mysteries and on Mormonism in the mystery; and four authors of mysteries about religious detectives-William X. Kienzle, Ellis Peters, Harry Kemelman, and Sister Carol Anne O'Marie-respond to a series of questions about their work.
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...a significant contribution to the history and study of an intriguing sub-category of detective fiction. * Mystery and Detective Monthly * ... the most enjoyable critical analysis I have ever read. * The Butler Did It * ...extremely valuable... * The Armchair Detective *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8108-2382-2 (9780810823822)
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Persons
Jon L. Breen bProfessor/Librarian at Rio Hondo College in Whittier, CA, is the author of four novels, most recently Touch of the Past (Walker, 1988), and a double Edgar winner in the biographical/critical category for What About Murder? and Novel Verdicts (Scarecrow, 1981, 1984). Martin Harry Greenberg, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, is the editor of hundreds of short story anthologies, most of them in the science fiction or mystery fields. Breen and Greenberg's previous essay collection for Scarecrow is Murder Off the Rack: Critical Studies of Ten Paperback Masters (1989).