The Crime Fiction Handbook PDF
by Peter Messent
Description
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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- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:21/08/2012
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- ISBN:9781118326534
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:21/08/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781118326534