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TTC - Detective Fiction: The Killer, The Detective, & Their
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Detective Fiction: The Killer, The Detective, and Their World by J. Dennis Huston, Rice University

1991 | Eight 45-min lectures | ISBN: n/a , ASIN: B002PXK3DO | 44.1/Khz/64kbps

Lecture 1: The English Detective Novel: Its Crimes and Conventions
Lecture 2: Agatha Christie: The Art of Ratiocination and Misdirection-
Lecture 3: Agatha Christie: The Limits of the Form
Lecture 4: The Killer and the Detective: Uneasy Distinctions
Lecture 5: The American Detective Novel: A Walk Down Mean Streets
Lecture 6: Dashiell Hammett: The Morally Ambiguous Hero in a Morally Corrupt World
Lecture 7: Raymond Chandler: The Knight in the Perilous City
Lecture 8: The Serial Killer: Madness and Mayhem

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NOTE: at 1991, this is about as far back as TTC goes, so be on the lookout for cassette transfers and high school classrooms.