Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction

Author : Lisa Hopkins

Hardback

Published : Thursday 1 June 2023

ISBN : 9783031298486

Price : €116.99

Description

From Sherlock Holmes onwards, fictional detectives use lenses: Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction argues that these visual aids are metaphors for ways of seeing, and that they help us to understand not only individual detectives methods but also the kinds of cultural work detective fiction may do.

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