LEADER 03183aam 2200433 450 001 996216705403316 005 20240207175458.0 010 $a9780511999383$belectronic book 010 $a0511999380$belectronic book 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000820164 100 $a20110114d2003 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Cambridge companion to crime fiction /$f[edited by] Martin Priestman 210 1$aCambridge, United Kingdom :$cCambridge University Press,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 287 pages) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature. 311 1 $a0521008719 311 1 $a0521803993 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction Crime fiction and detective fiction -- Eighteenth-century crime writing / Ian A. Bell -- The Newgate novel and sensation fiction, 1830-1868 / Lynn Pykett -- The short story from Poe to Chesterton / Martin Kayman -- French crime fiction / Sita Schu?tt -- The golden age / Stephen Knight -- The private eye / Dennis Porter -- Spy fiction / Davis Seed -- The thriller / David Glover -- Postwar American police fiction / LeRoy Lad Panek -- Postwar British crime fiction / Martin Priestman -- Women detectives / Maureen T. Reddy -- Black crime fiction / Andrew Pepper -- Crime on film and TV / Nickianne Moody -- Detection and literary fiction / Laura Marcus. 330 $aThe Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction where crime plays a substantial part, such as the thriller and spy fiction. It also includes chapters on the treatment of crime in eighteenth-century literature, French and Victorian fiction, women and black detectives, crime on film and TV, police fiction and postmodernist uses of the detective form. The collection, by an international team of established specialists, offers students invaluable reference material including a chronology and guides to further reading. The volume aims to ensure that its readers will be grounded in the history of crime fiction and its critical reception.--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCrime in literature 606 $aPopular literature$zEnglish-speaking countries$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCrime in literature. 615 0$aPopular literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 702 $aPriestman$b Martin$f1949- 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996216705403316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to crime fiction$92493596 997 $aUNISA