Martin Priestman (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction

Herausgeber: Priestman, Martin

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Produktbeschreibung

This Companion covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction where crime plays a substantial part, such as the thriller and spy fiction.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780521008716
• ISBN-10: 0521008719
• Artikelnr.: 21494933

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Introduction: crime fiction and detective fiction
1. Eighteenth-century crime writing Ian A. Bell
2. The Newgate novel and sensation fiction, 1830¿68 Lynn Pykett
3. The short story from Poe to Chesterton Martin Kayman
4. French crime fiction Sita Schütt
5. The golden age Stephen Knight
6. The private eye Dennis Porter
7. Spy fiction Davis Seed
8. The thriller David Glover
9. Postwar American police fiction LeRoy Lad Panek
10. Postwar British crime fiction Martin Priestman
11. Women detectives Maureen T. Reddy
12. Black crime fiction Andrew Pepper
13. Crime on film and TV Nickianne Moody
14. Detection and literary fiction Laura Marcus
Guide to further reading.