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Autore |
Messent Peter |
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Titolo |
The Crime Fiction Handbook [[electronic resource]] |
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ISBN |
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1-299-15787-4 |
1-118-32653-9 |
1-118-32654-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell Literature Handbooks |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism |
Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism |
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism |
Detective and mystery stories, Swedish - History and criticism |
Languages & Literatures |
Literature - General |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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THE CRIME FICTION HANDBOOK; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introductory Note; Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: 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 Narratives; Vision, Supervision, and the City; Crime and the Body; Gender Matters; Representations of Race; Part 3: Some KeyWorks in Crime Fiction; Edgar Allan Poe: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841); Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four (1890) |
Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930); Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939); James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1936); Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955); Chester Himes: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965); Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: The Laughing Policeman (1968); James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia (1987); Thomas Harris: The Silence of the |
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Lambs (1988); Patricia Cornwell: Unnatural Exposure (1997); Ian Rankin: The Naming of the Dead (2006); Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005); End Note; References; Index |
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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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