Key concepts in crime fiction

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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, contexts and criticism in an accessible and user-friendly format"

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Full title :Key concepts in crime fiction / Heather Worthington

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Publication Date:2011

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011

Notes

Contexts: history, politics, culture. Literature: texts, themes, issues, concepts. Criticism: approaches, theory, practice

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 207 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230551251, 0230551254
oclc:ocn778619790
LC Classification:PN3448.D4
Dewey Decimal:809.3872

Machine generated contents note:. General Editors' Preface -- Introductory Essay -- Chronology -- Contexts: History, Politics, Culture -- Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues -- Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice -- Index.

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Crime in literature Criminalité dans la littérature Criminals in literature Criminels dans la littérature Criticism, interpretation, etc Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories -- Histor…