Flaxman Low: Occult Detective
暫譯: 弗拉克斯曼·洛：神秘偵探
E. and H. Heron, Joy, Alexander B., Joy, Alexander B.
- 出版商: MIT
- 出版日期: 2026-03-31
- 售價: $980
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $931
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 264
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 0262051656
- ISBN-13: 9780262051651
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商品描述
The weird--and weirdly delightful--adventures of fiction's first occult detective. Flaxman Low, literature's first professional, full-time "occult detective," i.e., an intrepid investigator who deploys the scientific method when tackling paranormal phenomena, appeared in a dozen stories first published from 1898-99. His creators, the mother-and-son team Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard (who published as "E. and H. Heron"), endowed the Oxford-trained psychologist with the bravery and acumen to tackle every sort of adversary from ghosts, mummies, and vampires to a mushroom mannequin. Both less credulous and less cynical than earlier fictional investigators of the spirit world, Low always triumphs in the end... but not before scientifically demonstrating that even the most outré incidents and situations can't hold a candle to the bizarre capacities of the human mind.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
文學史上第一位神秘偵探的奇異且奇妙的冒險。
弗拉克斯曼·洛（Flaxman Low），文學上第一位專業的全職「神秘偵探」，即一位在處理超自然現象時運用科學方法的勇敢調查員，首次出現在1898年至1899年間發表的十二個故事中。他的創作者，母子搭檔赫斯基斯·赫斯基斯-普里查德（Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard）和凱特·奧布萊恩·瑞爾·普里查德（Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard，筆名「E. and H. Heron」），賦予這位受過牛津大學訓練的心理學家勇氣和智慧，能夠面對各種對手，從鬼魂、木乃伊和吸血鬼到一個蘑菇人偶。洛比早期的靈異世界虛構調查員更不輕信也不愤世嫉俗，最終總是獲勝……但在此之前，他會科學地證明，即使是最離奇的事件和情況也無法與人類心智的奇異能力相提並論。作者簡介
E. and H. Heron was a collective pseudonym used by the English writers Hesketh Prichard (1876-1922) and his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard (1851-1935). "Hex" was an explorer, cricketer, naturalist, soldier, and travel writer. Kate, also an intrepid globetrotter, voyaged with her son to many remote locations; Rio Caterina, in Patagonia, is named after her. In addition to creating Flaxman Low, one of the first modern occult detectives in fiction, the duo wrote stories about Captain Rallywood and Don Q. Alexander B. Joy earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of Legend of the River King.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
E. 和 H. Heron 是英國作家 Hesketh Prichard（1876-1922）及其母親 Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard（1851-1935）所使用的集體筆名。'Hex' 是一位探險家、板球運動員、自然學家、士兵和旅行作家。Kate 也是一位勇敢的環球旅行者，與她的兒子一起前往許多偏遠地點；位於巴塔哥尼亞的 Rio Caterina 便是以她的名字命名。除了創造 Flaxman Low，這是小說中第一批現代神秘偵探之一，這對母子還寫了有關 Captain Rallywood 和 Don Q 的故事。
Alexander B. Joy 獲得麻省大學阿默斯特分校的比較文學博士學位。他是《Legend of the River King》的作者。