The Secrets of Great Mystery and Suspense Fiction

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Call Number: DVD 808.3 Sc Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Course no. 2442.
Contains 36 lectures, each about 30 min.
disc 1. Mystery fiction's secret formula ; The detective is born ; The criminal ; The sidekick ; Detecting clues ; Case closed?: the problem with solutions -- disc 2. The locked room ; The dime novel ; Murder in cozy places ; Return of the classic detective ; The city tests the detective ; The private eye opens -- disc 3. African American mysteries ; The femme fatale ; The private eye evolves ; Latino detectives on the border ; The lady detective ; Violence waits in the wings -- disc 4. Violence takes center stage ; Psychopaths and mind hunters ; Police as antagonist ; Police as protagonist ; Native American mysteries ; The European mystery tradition -- disc 5. Nordic noir ; Japanese and Latin American mysteries ; Precursors to true crime ; True crime in the 20th century ; Historical mysteries ; Spies, thrillers, and conspiracies -- disc 6. Female-centered mystery and suspense ; Poetic justice ; Courtroom drama ; Gay and lesbian mystery and suspense ; Adapting the multimedia mystery ; Mysterious experiments.
Lecturer: Professor David Schmid, University at Buffalo.
Follow a renowned literature professor through the fascinating evolution of a captivating genre.
DVD.

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