In Is Heathcliff a Murderer? (well, is he?) John Sutherland investigates thirty-four conundrums of nineteenth-century fiction. Applying these 'real world' questions to fiction is not in any sense intended to catch out the novelists who are invariably cleverer than their most defectively in...

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Main Author:	Sutherland, John 1938- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 1996
Edition:	1. publ. as a World's classics paperback
Series:	The world's classics
Subjects:	Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1810-1900 Engels Raadsels Romans Englisch English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism English fiction > 19th century > Miscellanea Literary recreations Puzzles Roman Aufsatzsammlung
Summary:	In Is Heathcliff a Murderer? (well, is he?) John Sutherland investigates thirty-four conundrums of nineteenth-century fiction. Applying these 'real world' questions to fiction is not in any sense intended to catch out the novelists who are invariably cleverer than their most defectively inclined readers. Typically, one finds a reason for the seeming anomaly. Not blunders, that is, but unexpected felicities and ingenious justifications. In Is Heathcliff a Murderer? John Sutherland, recently described by Tony Tanner as 'a sort of Sherlock Holmes of literature', pays homage to the most rewarding of critical activities, close reading and the pleasures of good-natured pedantry.
Physical Description:	X, 258 S. Ill.
ISBN:	019282516X