A companion to crime fiction / edited by Charles J. Rzepka and Lee Horsley.
"This Companion brings together a series of forty-seven original essays from some of the world's leading authorities to provide the definitive guide to crime fiction from its origins in the eighteenth century to its phenomenal present day popularity." "Part one of the volume foll...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;
66. |
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| Summary: | "This Companion brings together a series of forty-seven original essays from some of the world's leading authorities to provide the definitive guide to crime fiction from its origins in the eighteenth century to its phenomenal present day popularity." "Part one of the volume follows the development of crime fiction over the last three centuries, examining the traditions and conventions of the genre, as well as its cultural and social contexts, before moving on, in part two, to explore the different types of genres and subgenres that have emerged. The final chapters profile twenty of the most significant crime writers and filmmakers - from William Godwin to Arthur Conan Doyle to Agatha Christie to Martin Scorsese - examining the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field." --Book Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 629 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781405167659 (hc : alk. paper) 1405167653 |