"This book focuses on one of the formative moments in the theoretical representation of empire. By looking at a variety of British narratives about India, from the later eighteenth century to the end of the 1860s, it shows how the discourse of crime was a major tool employed by …
In this book, crime enthusiasts can see how the famous works of crime fiction were originally published and how unknown writers and illustrators were responsible for a genre that was to become one of the cornerstones of popular culture.
In this book, crime enthusiasts can see how the famous works of crime fiction were originally published and how unknown writers and illustrators were responsible for a genre that was to become one of the cornerstones of popular culture.
"An insight into a popular yet complex genre that has developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The volume explores the contemporary anxieties to which crime fiction responds, along with society's changing conceptions of crime and criminality. The book covers texts,…
In Detecting the Nation Reitz argues that detective fiction was essential both to public acceptance of the newly organized police force in early Victorian Britain and to acclimating the population to the larger venture of the British Empire. In doing so, Reitz challenges literar…
In Detecting the Nation Reitz argues that detective fiction was essential both to public acceptance of the newly organized police force in early Victorian Britain and to acclimating the population to the larger venture of the British Empire. In doing so, Reitz challenges literar…
Gill Plain uses contemporary theories of gender and sexuality to challenge the dominant perception of crime fiction as a conservative gender. Plain is the author of Women's Fiction of the Second World War.
In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic literature. Cawelti discusses such seemingly diverse works as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Dorothy Sayers's The Nine Tailors, and …
