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A reprint of the first book on the topic of the cleric as a crime-solver in fiction. Mysterium and Mystery by William David Spencer is a primary reference of meticulous scholarship for anyone interested in mystery literature.
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Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism, Clergy in literature, Crime in literature.
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1992
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PN3448.D4S64 1992eb
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809.3/872
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Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism, Clergy in literature, Crime in literature.
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Mysterium and Mystery
The Clerical Crime Novel
William David Spencer
Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville
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Copyright 1989 William David Spencer Copyright 1992 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First published 1989 by UMI Research Press
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spencer, William David, 1947 Mysterium and mystery: the clerical crime novel / William David Spencer. p. cm. Originally published: Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, c1989. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes. 1. Detective and mystery stories History and criticism. 2. Clergy in literature. 3. Crime in literature. I. Title. [PN3448.D4S64 1992] 809.3'872 dc20 91-28207 CIP ISBN 0-8093-1808-3 0-8093-1809-1 (pbk.)
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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To my wife, Ada Besanon Spencer, whose perspicacity unlocks the great mysteries
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In the Company of Killers
I. Evil Enters Eden
What strange beast is this that slithers through the grove, down among the sacred trees in the sheltered cove? Mark its progress by our fear, flocks flung into flight, waking to a nightmare in the garden of delight.
II. Evil Exits Earth
Mocking, jeering as they strung 'em up, The monster fed us all the good lines, "Come down! Heal yourself! Show us Elijah!" We spat ourselves as the monster drooled and danced in glee.
And then as the warrior bellowed, "It is finished!" One foot kicked free, Swift, sure, it crushed the monster dead. And stunned, we lie a lifetime, Caught where heel meets head.
III. Picking up at Palestine
Like a child at the end of day, God picks up at Palestine, The tomb empty, the saviour back in place, Both on the best shelf and in God's mind,
The beast dying but snapping yet, As the child's breath whips by, And weprecious little people, handcrafted and greatly prized scattered across the world and the ages.
- William David Spencer 1987
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Contents
Preface
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Modus Operandi: Mysterium into Mystery
1
Part One Rabbis and Robbers
1 Rabbis and Robbers in the Past: Bel and the Dragon and Susannah
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2 Rabbis and Robbers in the Present: The Hectic Week of Rabbi Small
31
Part Two Priests and Psychopaths
3 Holmes in a Tonsure: Umberto Eco's The Name of The Rose
43
4 Welsh Angel in Fallen England: Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael
61
5 From Green Innocence to Brown Maturity: E. M. A. Allison's Through the Valley of Death
71
6 Father Brown: G. K. Chesterton's Paradoxical, Prototypical Priest
77
7 Sister Ursula: Wise Woman
101
8 Soeur Angele: Defender of the Innocent
107
9 What Is Duty? Margaret Ann Hubbard's Sister Simon
115
10 Leonard Holton's Father Bredder: The Priest That Roared
121
11 The Scholastic World of Ralph McInerny's Father Dowling and "Monica Quill's" Sister Mary Teresa
133
12 Mrs. Pollifax Gets Ordained: Dorothy Gilman's A Nun in the Closet
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that slithers through the grove,