“新门派小说”是指在19世纪初风行于英国、以传奇化的犯罪描写为主要特征的一类犯罪小说。它从18世纪的哥特式小说和历史传奇那里继承了很多“煽色腥”元素,又用悬疑和推理为后来侦探文学的兴起做了铺垫,成为犯罪文学发展过程中的重要一环。因其对犯罪行为的过度浪漫化虚构以及道德立场的含混性,新门派小说曾长期被评论家视为文学垃圾的代表。但随着犯罪文学研究的不断深入,有关它的艺术价值以及在英国文学史上的地位和贡献问题,也开始得到重新认识。 “Neo-martial novel ” refers to a class of crime novels that were popular in Britain in the early 19th century and characterized by their legendary criminal descriptions. It has inherited a lot of elements from the gothic fiction and historical legend of the 18th century. It also uses the suspense and reasoning to pave the way for the later rise of detective literature and becomes an important part in the development of criminal literature . Because of its fictionalization of criminalization and its ambiguity in ethical positions, novels of neoclassicism have long been regarded by critics as representatives of literary junk. However, with the continuous deepening of the study of criminal literature, its artistic value and its status and contribution in the history of British literature also began to be re-recognized.