A companion to crime fiction / / edited by Charles J. Rzepka and Lee Horsley

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 629 pages.) : illustrations
• Soggetto topico: Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism; Crime in literature; Detective and mystery films - History and criticism
• Persona (resp. second.): RzepkaCharles J.; HorsleyLee <1944->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: What Is Crime Fiction?; Part I: History, criticism, culture -- Part II: Genre of a thousand faces -- Part III: Artists at work -- Film.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography.
• Titolo autorizzato: Companion to crime fiction
• ISBN: 1-78268-446-8; 1-282-49123-7; 9786612491238 (electronic book); 1-4443-3175-2; 1-4443-1791-1; 1-4443-1792-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830293103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; ; 66.