Ohio University Press, Athens 1998 Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701 © 1998 by Peter Thoms Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ∞ + ⃝ 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thoms, Peter. Detection and its designs : narrative and power in nineteenth-century detective fiction / Peter Thoms. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8214-1223-x (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Detective and mystery stories, English-History and criticism. 2. English fiction--19th century--History and criticism. 3. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Fictional works. 4. Narration (Rhetoric) I. Title. PR868.D4T48 1998 823'.08720908--dc2I 97-35273 -iv- |