![]() ![]() This kind of story also flourished in Japan at that time and was known as HONKAKU (orthodox mystery). ![]() Van Dine, a prominent figure of the English-language Golden Age of detective fiction during the 1920s, proposed rules for the most exciting form of detective fiction, a form of detective story that was "not only literature but also, to a greater or lesser extent, a game." These kinds of stories were to follow a "high degree of logical reasoning" and adhere to these rules: “The introduction of suspicious inhabitants of a mansion and the fair presentation of the character profiles right from the start clearly outlining the stage of the murder tragedy the writer not being allowed to lie in the narration no vital information necessary for the deduction game to be withheld from the reader getting rid of elements that could interfere with the enjoyment of the pure deduction game (like the magic of the Chinaman or vulgar love stories)" But.Īccording to the introduction to this 1987 English translation, S.S. ![]()
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