Messent, Peter
The Crime Fiction Handbook
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 political anxieties at its heart.
- Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions
Avainsanat: Detective, murder mystery, police novel, poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stieg Larsson, Agatha Christie, 20th Century & Contemporary American Literature, English Literature, 20th Century & Contemporary American Literature, English Literature
- Tekijä(t)
- Messent, Peter
- Julkaisija
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2012
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sarja
- Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks
- Sivumäärä
- 272 sivua
- Kategoria
- Kirjallisuudentutkimus
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118326541
- Painetun ISBN
- 9780470657041