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mystery_story
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[ noun ] (writing) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)In the mystery_story , as in The_Wealth_of_Nations , individualism and the social good are two sides of the same benevolent coin . Now , although the roots of the mystery_story in serious literature go_back as far as Balzac , Dickens , and Poe , it was not until the closing decades of the 19_th century that the private_detective became an established figure in popular fiction . Even on the fictional level , however , the contradictions which give_rise to the mystery_story are not fully resolved . The basic premise of all mystery_stories is that the distinction between good and bad coincides with the distinction between legal and illegal . It is the gradual unfolding and deepening of_this contradiction which creates the inner dialectic of the evolution of the mystery_story . Related terms |
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