Autore	Johnsen Rosemary Erickson
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina	813/.087209358
Soggetto topico	American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism English fiction - Women authors - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism Historical fiction, American - History and criticism Historical fiction, English - History and criticism Women in literature History in literature American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-36570-X 9786611365707 1-4039-8350-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451145703321

Autore	Scaggs John <1970-, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	viii, 170 p
Disciplina	823/.087209
Collana	The new critical idiom
Soggetto topico	Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism Crime in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-134-36823-2 1-134-36824-0 1-280-10254-3 9786610102549 0-203-59853-9
Classificazione	18.05 18.06
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 A CHRONOLOGY OF CRIME -- chapter 2 MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE FICTION -- chapter 3 THE HARD-BOILED MODE -- chapter 4 THE POLICE PROCEDURAL -- chapter 5 THE CRIME THRILLER -- chapter 6 HISTORICAL CRIME FICTION -- chapter OSSARY -- chapter GGESTIONSFOR RTHER ADING -- chapter LECT BI BLIOGRAPHY -- chapter DEX.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450317403321

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

Autore	Messent Peter
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, : Wiley, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (274 p.)
Disciplina	809.3872
Collana	Blackwell Literature Handbooks
Soggetto topico	Detective and mystery stories - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, Swedish - History and criticism Languages & Literatures Literature - General
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-299-15787-4 1-118-32653-9 1-118-32654-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	THE CRIME FICTION HANDBOOK; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introductory Note; Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: 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 Narratives; Vision, Supervision, and the City; Crime and the Body; Gender Matters; Representations of Race; Part 3: Some KeyWorks in Crime Fiction; Edgar Allan Poe: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841); Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four (1890) Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930); Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939); James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1936); Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955); Chester Himes: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965); Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö: The Laughing Policeman (1968); James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia (1987); Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs (1988); Patricia Cornwell: Unnatural Exposure (1997); Ian Rankin: The Naming of the Dead (2006); Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005); End Note; References; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463140503321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (164 p.)
Disciplina	809.933556
Altri autori (Persone)	AndrewLucy PhelpsCatherine
Collana	European crime fictions
Soggetto topico	Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism English fiction - History and criticism City and town life in literature Cities and towns in literature Criminals in literature Crime in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-7083-2587-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Edinburgh; 'The map that engenders the territory'? Rethinking Ian Rankin's Edinburgh; Corralling Crime in Cardiff's Tiger Bay; Crimes and Contradictions: the Fictional City of Dublin; From National Authority to Urban Underbelly: Negotiations of Power in Stockholm Crime Fiction; Streets and Squares, Quartiers and Arrondissements: Paris Crime Scenes and the Poetics of Contestation in the Novels of Jean-François Vilar; The Mysteries of the Vatican: from Nineteenth-century Anti-clerical Propaganda to Dan Brown's Religious Thrillers A Tale of Three Cities: Megalopolitan Mysteries of the 1840's Conclusion; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463315403321