The Janus problem : a search for patterns in the life and fiction of Dame Ngaio Marsh.

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The Janus problem : a search for patterns in the life and fiction of Dame Ngaio Marsh.

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This thesis, as its title implies, seeks to understand the life and work of Ngaio Marsh, particularly as this concerns her writing. Chapter One deals briefly with the relevant biographical material, much of which is new. Chapter Two constitutes a literary defence of the study of detective fiction with acknowledged artistic merit. Chapter Three involves an analysis of Marsh's craftsmanship, her qualities of style and characterization and a discussion of her principal series characters. Chapter...

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Thesis

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Masters

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1979

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Harding, Bruce

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3644

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