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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139496403321

Titolo

A companion to crime fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Charles J. Rzepka and Lee Horsley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-78268-446-8

1-282-49123-7

9786612491238

1-4443-3175-2

1-4443-1791-1

1-4443-1792-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (649 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

RzepkaCharles J

HorsleyLee <1944->

Disciplina

809.3/872

823.087209

Soggetti

Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism

Crime in literature

Detective and mystery films - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A COMPANION TO CRIME FICTION; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: What Is Crime Fiction?; Part I: History, Criticism, Culture; Part II: Genre of a Thousand Faces; Part III: Artists at Work; Film; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 fictionFollows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularityFeatures  full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and D



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Record Nr.

UNISA996392673303316

Autore

Gerbier Balthazar, Sir, <1592?-1667.>

Titolo

The academies lecture concerning justice [[electronic resource] /] / By Sir Balthazar Gerbier Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Gabriel Bedel, and are to be sold at his shop at the Middle-Temple gate in Fleetstreet, 1650

Descrizione fisica

[6], 26, p

Soggetti

Great Britain - History - Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660

Jurisprudence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Annotation on Thomason copy: "July 4th".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018