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Detective fiction and Genre fiction

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Difference between Detective fiction and Genre fiction

Detective fiction vs. Genre fiction

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is plot-driven fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre, in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre.

Similarities between Detective fiction and Genre fiction

Detective fiction and Genre fiction have 33 things in common (in Unionpedia): Agatha Christie, Albert Campion, Arthur Conan Doyle, Clive Barker, Crime, Crime fiction, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Dorothy L. Sayers, Douglas Adams, Dr. Watson, Fiction, Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Hardboiled, Hercule Poirot, Legal thriller, Lord Peter Wimsey, Margery Allingham, Michael Moorcock, Miss Marple, Mystery fiction, Ngaio Marsh, Novel, P. D. James, Plot twist, Roderick Alleyn, Ruth Rendell, Sherlock Holmes, Speculative fiction, Suspense, The Moonstone, ..., The Woman in White (novel), Whodunit, Wilkie Collins. Expand index (3 more) »

Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer.

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Albert Campion

Albert Campion is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Margery Allingham.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.

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Clive Barker

Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, film director, and visual artist.

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalises crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, first published in 1987.

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy Leigh Sayers (13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was a renowned English crime writer and poet.

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Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist.

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Dr. Watson

John H. Watson, known as Dr.

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Fiction

Fiction is any story or setting that is derived from imagination—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact.

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Golden Age of Detective Fiction

The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels of similar patterns and styles, predominantly in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Hardboiled

Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective stories).

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Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie.

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Legal thriller

The legal thriller is a subgenre of thriller and crime fiction in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees.

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Lord Peter Wimsey

Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh).

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Margery Allingham

Margery Louise Allingham (20 May 1904 – 30 June 1966) was an English writer of detective fiction, best remembered for her "golden age" stories featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion.

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Michael Moorcock

Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer and musician, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels.

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Miss Marple

Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in 12 of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in 20 short stories.

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Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved.

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Ngaio Marsh

Dame Ngaio Marsh (23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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P. D. James

Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English crime writer.

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Plot twist

A plot twist is a literary technique that introduces a radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction.

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Roderick Alleyn

Roderick Alleyn is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934.

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Ruth Rendell

Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, (17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015), was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre encompassing narrative fiction with supernatural and/or futuristic elements.

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Suspense

Suspense is a feeling of fascination and excitement mixed with apprehension, tension, and anxiety developed from an unpredictable, mysterious, and rousing source of entertainment.

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The Moonstone

The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel.

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The Woman in White (novel)

The Woman in White is Wilkie Collins' fifth published novel, written in 1859.

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Whodunit

A whodunit or whodunnit (a colloquial elision of "Who done it?" or "Who did it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime.

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Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer.

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Detective fiction and Genre fiction Comparison

Detective fiction has 386 relations, while Genre fiction has 331. As they have in common 33, the Jaccard index is 4.60% = 33 / (386 + 331).

References

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