Rzepka, Charles J.
A Companion to Crime Fiction
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
- A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction
- Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity
- Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field
- Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
Keywords: spy fiction, Sherlock Holmes, hard-boiled, film, detective fiction, thriller, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Hitchcock
- Author(s)
- Rzepka, Charles J.
- Horsley, Lee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 616 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781444317923
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405167659