"All Those Things That 'Aren't Evidence' Are What Convice Me" How G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown Broke The Rules Of Detective Fiction
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2. Proposed Rules for Detective Fiction......................................................................... 1
2.1 S. S. Van Dine's "Twenty rules for writing detective stories"................................ 2
2.2 Ronald Knox's "Ten Commandments for Detective Fiction".................................2
2.3 G. K. Chesterton's "How to Write a Detective Story"............................................ 3
3. Analysis of the Father Brown Stories Under the Aspect of Rules and Principles.......5
3.1 Crime in the Father Brown Stories....................................................................... 6
3.1.1 The Murders.................................................................................................. 7
3.2 Clues and Detection in the Father Brown Stories................................................ 8
3.3 Underlying Messages........................................................................................... 9
3.3.1 Religious Themes.......................................................................................... 9
3.3.2 The Supernatural......................................................................................... 10
3.3.3 Social Criticism............................................................................................ 11
3.4 Author's Mistakes............................................................................................... 12
3.4.1 Message vs. Realism.................................................................................. 13
4. Conclusion................................................................................................................ 15
5. Bibliograpy................................................................................................................ 16
1. Introduction
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