1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000819320203316

Autore

ACTON, John Emerich Edward Dalberg <1834-1902>

Titolo

Storia e libertà / Lord Acton ; a cura di Furio Ferraresi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma [etc.] : Laterza, copyr.2001

ISBN

88-420-6412-2

Descrizione fisica

170 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Biblioteca Universale Laterza , Comunità e libertà ; 541

Disciplina

320.512

Soggetti

Storiografia - Saggi

Collocazione

320.512 ACT 1 (ISP IV 1013)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463140503321

Autore

Messent Peter

Titolo

The Crime Fiction Handbook [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

1-299-15787-4

1-118-32653-9

1-118-32654-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Literature Handbooks

Disciplina

809.3872

Soggetti

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.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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 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

Sommario/riassunto

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