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Author Messent, Peter, 1946-

Title The crime fiction handbook / Peter Messent.

Publication Info. Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  809.3872 M584C    Check Shelf
Description x, 262 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Blackwell literature handbooks
Blackwell literature handbooks.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-251) and index.
Contents 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 Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö : 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.
Subject 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 9780470657034 cloth
0470657030 cloth
9780470657041 paperback
0470657049 paperback
Standard No. 40021728406
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