The Crime Fiction Handbook Hardback
by Peter Messent
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks series
Hardback
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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. * Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction * Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches * Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition * Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and political anxieties at its heart. * Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:26/10/2012
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- ISBN:9780470657034
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication Date:26/10/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780470657034