LEADER 03021nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910808876603321 005 20240513054316.0 010 $a1-282-91261-5 010 $a9786612912610 010 $a1-4411-5662-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059782 035 $a(EBL)617191 035 $a(OCoLC)693761522 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12104428 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10375163 035 $a(PQKB)10151367 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001293074 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12472448 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001293074 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11304770 035 $a(PQKB)11448944 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617191 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10432534 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL291261 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059782 100 $a20101220d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAdapting detective fiction $ecrime, Englishness and the TV detectives /$fNeil McCaw 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum literary studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-8617-4 311 $a1-84706-307-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction - Adaptation and Cultural History; Chapter 2: Sherlock Holmes and the Authenticity of Crime; Chapter 3: Miss Marple, Criminality and Englishness; Chapter 4: Morse, Heritage and the End of History; Chapter 5: Jack Frost and the Condition of England Question; Chapter 6: Cadfael, Medievalism and Modern Nationhood; Chapter 7: DCI Barnaby and an English Aesthetics of Crime; Chapter 8: Conclusion - Detecting the Nation; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAdapting Detective Fiction is a study of specific instances of adaptation, with close readings of both the originating sources and adapted texts. But it is also more than this. It is a study of the politics of representation in the last decades of the twentieth century, and the role television detective fiction plays in this. It is about the mutually-informing interrelation of cultural texts and political rhetoric, about the connection between the popular-cultural depiction of crime and criminality and how we come to understand human behaviour and culpability; most of all, it is a detailed con 410 0$aContinuum literary studies. 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, English$vTelevision adaptations 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, English 676 $a791.456556 700 $aMcCaw$b Neil$01642170 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808876603321 996 $aAdapting detective fiction$93986732 997 $aUNINA