J K Van Dover: 2 books
The Judge Dee Novels of R.H. van Gulik
The Case of the Chinese Detective and the American Reader
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
From 1949 to 1968 author Robert van Gulick wrote 15 novels, two novellas and eight short stories featuring Judge Dee, a Chinese magistrate and detective from the Tang dynasty. In addition to providing the setting for riveting mysteries, Dee’s world highlighted aspects of traditional Chinese culture...
The Detective and the Artist
Painters, Poets and Writers in Crime Fiction, 1840s-1970s
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
This book focuses on the distinctive role that artists have played in detective fiction—as detectives, as villains and victims, and as bystanders. With a few significant exceptions, literary detectives have always identified themselves as essentially the deconstructors of the artful crimes of others....