Guilty but Insane Mind and Law in Golden Age Detective Fiction |
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| Author:
| Walton, Samantha |
| Series title: | Oxford Textual Perspectives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-872333-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Guilty But Insane offers a timely and challenging discussion of the relationship between popular literature, science, and what it means to be human by examining how writers of detective fiction during the 1920s to 1940s understood guilt, responsibility, and the workings of the mind in relation to crime.
Guilty But Insane offers a timely and challenging discussion of the relationship between popular literature, science, and what it means to be human by examining how writers of detective fiction during the 1920s to 1940s understood guilt, responsibility, and the workings of the mind in relation to crime.