A companion to crime fiction [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Charles J. Rzepka and Lee Horsley

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (649 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.3/872; 823.087209
• Soggetto topico: Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism; Crime in literature; Detective and mystery films - History and criticism
• Altri autori: RzepkaCharles J HorsleyLee <1944->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A COMPANION TO CRIME FICTION; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: What Is Crime Fiction?; Part I: History, Criticism, Culture; Part II: Genre of a Thousand Faces; Part III: Artists at Work; Film; References; Index
• 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 fictionFollows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularityFeatures full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and D
• Titolo autorizzato: A companion to crime fiction
• ISBN: 1-78268-446-8; 1-282-49123-7; 9786612491238; 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.: 9910139496403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell companions to literature and culture.