The Idea of Education in Golden Age Detective Fiction

This book presents an exploration of how Golden Age detective fiction encounters educational ideas, particularly those forged by the transformative educational policymaking of the interwar period.

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Roger Dalrymple is Visiting Professor in Education at Oxford Brookes University, and Senior Research Fellow in Education at Regent's Park College, Oxford University, UK.

Andrew Green is Senior Lecturer in English Education and Deputy Director of the Global Lives Research Centre at Brunel University London, UK.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Learning in the Age of Sleuthing 2. Detective as learner and teacher 3. The learning spaces of Golden Age Detective Fiction 4. The limits of detective learning 5. Detective fiction in education