Emmanuel Pernoud's 'Chambres closes' Explores Art and Claustration in Detective Fiction
Emmanuel Pernoud's book 'Chambres closes. Art et claustration à l’âge du roman policier' (Hazan) examines the intersection of visual art and the locked-room mystery genre. The subtitle is partly misleading, as the work discusses not only detective novels like 'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' (1907) but also broader themes of confinement in art. Pernoud analyzes how artists have depicted claustration, drawing parallels with the narrative structures of crime fiction. The book was reviewed in artpress issue n°436, September 2016, page 89.
Key facts
- Book title: 'Chambres closes. Art et claustration à l’âge du roman policier'
- Author: Emmanuel Pernoud
- Publisher: Hazan
- Reviewed in artpress n°436, September 2016, p. 89
- The subtitle is partly a lure, as the book goes beyond locked-room mysteries
- References 'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' (1907) as an example of the genre
- Explores art and claustration in relation to detective fiction
- Published in French
Entities
Artists
- Emmanuel Pernoud
Institutions
- Hazan
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —