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ITA197 The Fine Art of Murder: Reading Detective Fiction

Encyclopedias & Research Guides

Oxford Bibliographies Online
Search for entries using terms such as crime fiction, detective fiction, Dashiell Hammett, Sherlock Holmes, etc.
Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
Available as ebook.
St. James guide to crime and mystery writers
The Cambridge Companion to American Crime Fiction
Available as ebook.

Author and Work-Specific Guides

Oxford Handbook of Edgar Allan Poe
Available electronically as part of the Oxford Handbooks Online collection. Includes entry on "Dupin’s Descendants in Print and on Screen" as well extensive coverage of each specific work assigned in the class (see index).

Sherlock Holmes handbook, 2nd Edition
Print available via the curbside pickup service.
Sherlock Holmes Handbook, 1st Edition
Available as ebook.

The detective novels of Agatha Christie : a reader's guide
Print version is available via the curbside pickup service.

A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler
Available electronically via the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service.
The Hard-boiled Explicator : A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald
Available electronically via the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service.

The Hard-boiled Explicator : A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald
Available electronically via the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service.