The crime fiction handbook

The crime fiction handbook

by Messent, Peter B.

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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition Identifies what makes crime fiction of such…

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  • Full title :The crime fiction handbook / Peter Messent.

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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and polit.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
  • Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 262 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781118326534, 1118326539, 9781118326541, 1118326547, 9781782684831, 1782684832
  • oclc:on1058071334
  • LC Classification:PN3448.D4
  • Dewey Decimal:809.3/872

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The politics, main forms, and key concerns of crime fiction. The politics of crime fiction; The types of crime fiction; Classical detective fiction; Hard-boiled detective fiction; The police novel; Transgressor fictions; Vision, supervision, and the city; Crime and the body; Gender matters; Representations of race -- Discussions of individual texts. Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. Cain : Double indemnity; Patricia Highsmith : The talented Mr. Ripley; Chester Himes : Cotton comes to Harlem; Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö : The laughing policeman; James Ellroy : The black dahlia; Thomas Harris : The silence of the lambs; Patricia Cornwell : Unnatural exposure; Ian Rankin : The naming of the dead; Stieg Larsson : The girl with the dragon tattoo.

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories -- Histor… Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery stories, American… Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, English … Detective and mystery stories, Swedish Detective and mystery stories, Swedish … Kriminalliteratur LITERARY CRITICISM -- Mystery & Detecti…

Writers

Messent, Peter B.

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