LEADER 04502nam 22007573u 450 001 9910463140503321 005 20210111113826.0 010 $a1-299-15787-4 010 $a1-118-32653-9 010 $a1-118-32654-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325788 035 $a(EBL)1120613 035 $a(OCoLC)780398363 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11496996 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10888423 035 $a(PQKB)10075195 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1120613 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325788 100 $a20131111d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Crime Fiction Handbook$b[electronic resource] 210 $aHoboken $cWiley$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell Literature Handbooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-65704-9 327 $aTHE 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) 327 $aAgatha 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 Sjo?wall and Per Wahlo?o?: 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 330 $aThe Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and polit 410 0$aBlackwell Literature Handbooks 606 $aDetective and mystery stories - History and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, Swedish - History and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, Swedish$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aLiterature - General$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aDetective and mystery stories - History and criticism. 615 4$aDetective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism. 615 4$aDetective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism. 615 4$aDetective and mystery stories, Swedish - History and criticism. 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, Swedish$xHistory and criticism 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 615 7$aLiterature - General 676 $a809.3872 700 $aMessent$b Peter$0600940 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463140503321 996 $aThe Crime Fiction Handbook$92032131 997 $aUNINA