A 5 page outline of the evolutionary nature of the crime fiction genre. Notes the contributions of writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, and Margery Allingham to the crime fiction genre from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. Concludes that the deconstruction of the strict structuralism approach and the transgression of the genre into a variety of different literary directions and subjects could be contended to be what continues to inspire reader and author alike in this ever-evolving genre. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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