JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Detective as Historian, Crime Fiction as Alternative Historiography.

  • Published In: Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company), 2025, v. 43, n. 1. P. 99 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Mercuri, Maria Novella 3 of 3

Abstract

The article relates the experience of teaching an undergraduate course based on novels by Daeninckx, Vázquez Montalbán, and Vichi that are as much a social history of their times as well as well-plotted and well-written crime fiction works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company). 2025/03, Vol. 43, Issue 1, p99
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:07424248
  • Accession Number:186938200
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