The crime fiction handbook [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Messent |
Autore | Messent Peter B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 262 p |
Disciplina | 809.3/872 |
Collana | Blackwell literature handbooks |
Soggetto topico |
Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, Swedish - History and criticism |
ISBN |
9781118326541
1118326547 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 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 fictions; Vision, supervision, and the city; Crime and the body; Gender matters; Representations of race -- Discussions of individual texts. Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. Cain : Double indemnity; Patricia Highsmith : The talented Mr. Ripley; Chester Himes : Cotton comes to Harlem; Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo : The laughing policeman; James Ellroy : The black dahlia; Thomas Harris : The silence of the lambs; Patricia Cornwell : Unnatural exposure; Ian Rankin : The naming of the dead; Stieg Larsson : The girl with the dragon tattoo. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796079903321 |
Messent Peter B | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The crime fiction handbook / / Peter Messent |
Autore | Messent Peter B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 262 p |
Disciplina | 809.3/872 |
Collana | Blackwell literature handbooks |
Soggetto topico |
Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, Swedish - History and criticism |
ISBN |
9781118326541
1118326547 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 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 fictions; Vision, supervision, and the city; Crime and the body; Gender matters; Representations of race -- Discussions of individual texts. Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. Cain : Double indemnity; Patricia Highsmith : The talented Mr. Ripley; Chester Himes : Cotton comes to Harlem; Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo : The laughing policeman; James Ellroy : The black dahlia; Thomas Harris : The silence of the lambs; Patricia Cornwell : Unnatural exposure; Ian Rankin : The naming of the dead; Stieg Larsson : The girl with the dragon tattoo. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809262703321 |
Messent Peter B | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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