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metaphysical detective story: a standalone construct

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Genre theory

detective fiction that parodies or subverts the genre's conventions to raise questions about knowledge, identity and meaning that it does not resolve.

In genre theory, metaphysical detective story refers to detective fiction that parodies or subverts the genre's conventions to raise questions about knowledge, identity and meaning that it does not resolve. This meaning comes from Merivale (1998) in Detecting texts.[1]

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References

Merivale, P. (1998). Detecting texts. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812234695

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