The Golden Age of Mystery Fiction is typically defined as the era of detective stories which follow the established conventions of fair play, clear plotting and clue presentation, and frequent surprising endings. Though this is usually thought to include stories written between World War I and World War II, we will look at influences prior to that time and also works of the genre after it. Since many of the authors have had their works dramatized for TV or movies, we will look at those as well. Some, but not much will be discussed of the grand dame of the Golden Age, Agatha Christie, as she gets a class of her own! There will be new material and discussion updating this class since its last presentation in 2021.
((Mark Banister - In Person: CMU Campus - Tuesday))
