附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-296) and index.
Introduction: The "wrights and wrongs" of detective fiction -- Part I The classical period: "In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights" -- Those eminent Victorians -- The golden age -- The gilded cage: the English country house murder -- Shadows of change: Dorothy L. Sayers, among others -- Acquiring an English accent: the British import -- Creating an American Tradition: the hard-boiled maverick -- Part 2 Changing times: "A brave new world, Sir, full of religion, knavery and change" -- Change and decary -- The different faces of realism -- Realism turns to religion -- Illustration of the theme: the Agatha Christie pilgrimage -- Verdict and sentence: Sherlock redivivus?
