Philosophies of crime fiction

Philosophies of crime fiction

by Hoffmann, Josef

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A fresh analysis of both the hidden and explicit philosophical ideas to be found in crime literatureJosef Hoffmann covers influences and inspirations in crime writing with references to a stellar cast of crime writers including Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dashiell Hammett, Albert Camus, Borges, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, and Ted Lewis. Hoffmann examines why crime literature may provide stronger consolation for readers than philosophy. In so doing, he demonstrates the truth of W…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Philosophies of crime fiction / Josef Hoffmann ; translated from the Germany by Carolyn Kelly, Nadia Majid, Johanna Da Rocha Abreu.

Summary

A fresh analysis of both the hidden and explicit philosophical ideas to be found in crime literatureJosef Hoffmann covers influences and inspirations in crime writing with references to a stellar cast of crime writers including Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Dashiell Hammett, Albert Camus, Borges, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, and Ted Lewis. Hoffmann examines why crime literature may provide stronger consolation for readers than philosophy. In so doing, he demonstrates the truth of Wittgenstein's claim that more wisdom is contained in the best crime fiction than i.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.
  • Edition:[International ed.]

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):No Exit Press
  • Place of Publication:Halpenden, Herts
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781843441403, 1843441403, 9781843441427, 184344142X
  • oclc:ocn868948469
  • LC Classification:PN3448.D4
  • Dewey Decimal:809.3872

Table of Contents

Cover; About the Book; Quote; Title; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Crime Fiction and Philosophy: Introduction and Overview; 2 Crime Fiction's Emergence from the Spirit of Western Philosophy; 3 The Rational World of Sherlock Holmes; 4 Gilbert Keith Chesterton's Christian Philosophy; 5 Hammett's Pragmatism; 6 Wittgenstein, PI, and the Mystery of the Missing Link; 7 Albert Camus and the Philosophy of Crime; 8 Jorge Luis Borges' Logic of Staging; 9 Death in Crime Fiction and Philosophy; 10 The Consolation of Crime Fiction is Stronger than the Consolation of Philosophy; Copyright.

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Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Criticism, interpretation, etc Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories -- Histor… Fiction Fiction -- History and criticism Roman -- Histoire et critique

Writers

Hoffmann, Josef Da Rocha Abreu, Johanna Kelly, Carolyn Majid, Nadia

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