Description |
xvii, 287 pages ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Crime fiction and detective fiction -- Eighteenth-century crime writing / Ian A. Bell -- The Newgate novel and sensation fiction, 1830-1868 / Lynn Pykett -- The short story from Poe to Chesterton / Martin Kayman -- French crime fiction / Sita Schütt -- The golden age / Stephen Knight -- The private eye / Dennis Porter -- Spy fiction / Davis Seed -- The thriller / David Glover -- Postwar American police fiction / LeRoy Lad Panek -- Postwar British crime fiction / Martin Priestman -- Women detectives / Maureen T. Reddy -- Black crime fiction / Andrew Pepper -- Crime on film and TV / Nickianne Moody -- Detection and literary fiction / Laura Marcus. |
Summary |
This companion covers British and American crime fiction from the 18th century to the end of the 20th century. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction such as the thriller and spy fiction. |
Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.
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Crime in literature.
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Added Author |
Priestman, Martin, 1949-
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Added Title |
Crime fiction |
ISBN |
0521803993 hardback |
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9780521803991 hardback |
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0521008719 paperback |
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9780521008716 paperback |
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