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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nero_WolfeNero Wolfe - Wikipedia

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   5 days ago · Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Film_noirFilm noir - Wikipedia

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   4 days ago · Film noir ( / nwɑːr /; French: [film nwaʁ]) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylized Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir.

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   • Years active: early 1920s – late 1950s

3. www.britannica.com › biography › Agatha-ChristieAgatha Christie | Biography, Books, Movies, Poirot, & Facts

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   Apr 18, 2024 · Agatha Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I (1914–18). She began her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1916 and published it after the end of the war, in 1920. The novel introduced Hercule Poirot, one of Christie’s most enduring characters.

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   Why did detectives become a 'distinct entity' in the Edwardian era?

   • There was a growing sense that detectives formed a ‘distinct entity’ (pp. 105-6) with higher pay, greater status and better opportunities for advancement. By the Edwardian period, Detective Sergeants had achieved lower-middle-class – and Chief Inspectors solidly middle-class – status (pp. 117–18).

   Ascent of the Detective: Police Sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian

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   Are detective stories a 'pseudo-memoir'?

   • Building on transitional genres, such as fictional detective ‘pseudo-memoirs’, detective stories flourished from the 1880s, offering, on the one hand, excitement and exotic locales and, on the other, ‘a sense of security’ in the midst of a society undergoing the unsettling process of urbanisation (pp. 240–1).

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   How did detectives shape their public image?

   • Detectives not only shaped their public image through their interactions with journalists but also as writers themselves: in her final main chapter, Shpayer-Makov focuses on the published memoirs of actual detectives, which became popular reading from the 1880s onward.

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   What aristocratic culture did detectives have?

   • Detectives were part of a ‘common police culture’ characterised by a mixture of ‘traditional aristocratic paternalism’ and ‘modern middle-class notions of efficient management’ (p. 101). Divisions quickly emerged, though, between the uniformed and detective branches.

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5. www.britannica.com › biography › Raymond-ChandlerRaymond Chandler | Hard-Boiled Detective, Noir Fiction ...

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Raymond Chandler (born July 23, 1888, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died March 26, 1959, La Jolla, California) was an American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals in an opportunistic and sometimes brutal society in Los Angeles.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Ruth-RendellRuth Rendell | Mystery novels, Detective fiction, Crime ...

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   Apr 30, 2024 · “From Doon with Death” Ruth Rendell (born February 17, 1930, South Woodford, Essex, England—died May 2, 2015, London) was a British writer of mystery novels, psychological crime novels, and short stories who was perhaps best known for her novels featuring Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford.

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8. crimereads.com › the-author-as-protagonistThe Author as Protagonist ‹ CrimeReads

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   Apr 29, 2024 · In that short story, Poe established a template that would be followed by some of the most famous detective fiction authors in history—a narrator who acts as an assistant to a mercurial and brilliant detective as they solve baffling cases. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who read and admired Poe, adopted this format when he invented Holmes and Watson ...

9. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 1409Ascent of the Detective: Police Sleuths in Victorian and ...

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   3 days ago · Detective fiction was one product of a late 18th- and early 19th-century shift in focus (and sympathy) in fiction from criminals to the police, driven by increasing expectations of orderliness and a declining severity of punishment.