02663nam 2200469 a 450 991079607990332120200520144314.097811183265411118326547(MiAaPQ)EBC7103535(CKB)24989720600041(MiAaPQ)EBC1120613(Au-PeEL)EBL1120613(CaPaEBR)ebr10657938(CaONFJC)MIL447037(OCoLC)780398363(EXLCZ)992498972060004120120312d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||The crime fiction handbook[electronic resource] /Peter MessentChichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;Malden, Mass. John Wiley & Sons2013x, 262 pBlackwell literature handbooksIncludes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- 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 fictions; Vision, supervision, and the city; Crime and the body; Gender matters; Representations of race -- Discussions of individual texts. Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. Cain : Double indemnity; Patricia Highsmith : The talented Mr. Ripley; Chester Himes : Cotton comes to Harlem; Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo : The laughing policeman; James Ellroy : The black dahlia; Thomas Harris : The silence of the lambs; Patricia Cornwell : Unnatural exposure; Ian Rankin : The naming of the dead; Stieg Larsson : The girl with the dragon tattoo.Detective and mystery storiesHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, EnglishHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, SwedishHistory and criticismDetective and mystery storiesHistory and criticism.Detective and mystery stories, EnglishHistory and criticism.Detective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.Detective and mystery stories, SwedishHistory and criticism.809.3/872Messent Peter B600940MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910796079903321The crime fiction handbook3713347UNINA