04502nam 22007573u 450 991046314050332120210111113826.01-299-15787-41-118-32653-91-118-32654-7(CKB)2670000000325788(EBL)1120613(OCoLC)780398363(SSID)ssj0000821755(PQKBManifestationID)11496996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821755(PQKBWorkID)10888423(PQKB)10075195(MiAaPQ)EBC1120613(EXLCZ)99267000000032578820131111d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Crime Fiction Handbook[electronic resource]Hoboken Wiley20121 online resource (274 p.)Blackwell Literature HandbooksDescription based upon print version of record.0-470-65704-9 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; IndexThe 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 politBlackwell Literature HandbooksDetective and mystery stories - History and criticismDetective and mystery stories, American - History and criticismDetective and mystery stories, English - History and criticismDetective and mystery stories, Swedish - History and criticismDetective and mystery storiesHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, EnglishHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, SwedishHistory and criticismLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCLiterature - GeneralHILCCElectronic books.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.Detective and mystery storiesHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, EnglishHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, SwedishHistory and criticismLanguages & LiteraturesLiterature - General809.3872Messent Peter600940AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910463140503321The Crime Fiction Handbook2032131UNINA