Book review: The Filth and the Purity: Policing Dirt in Late-Victorian Detective Fiction

Merrick Burrow

doi:10.1080/13555502.2013.869916

Book review: The Filth and the Purity: Policing Dirt in Late-Victorian Detective Fiction

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	562-564
Journal	Journal of Victorian Culture
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13555502.2013.869916
Publication status	Published - 17 Dec 2013

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Book review: Devin Fromm. 2025. Detective Fiction on the Case of Community: The Mystery at the Heart of the Modern. Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory. New York: Routledge, 174 pp., € 175.00
Burrow, M., 11 Jun 2026, In: Anglia. 144, 2, p. 374-379 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review
Playing by the Rules of Romance: Detective Fiction and Games
Burrow, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Crime Does Play: Detective Fiction in Video Games. Bowman, D. & McLean, J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Academic
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Book review: The Filth and the Purity: Policing Dirt in Late-Victorian Detective Fiction

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Book review: Devin Fromm. 2025. Detective Fiction on the Case of Community: The Mystery at the Heart of the Modern. Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory. New York: Routledge, 174 pp., € 175.00

Playing by the Rules of Romance: Detective Fiction and Games

Cite this