The Crime Fiction Handbook

Name: The Crime Fiction Handbook
Brand: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
SKU: 9780470657041
Price: 23.39 EUR
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English

By (author): Peter Messent

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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Product Details

Weight: 354g
Dimensions: 154 x 231mm
Publication Date: 26 Oct 2012
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780470657041

About Peter Messent

Peter Messent is Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature at the University of Nottingham. A specialist on Mark Twain Ernest Hemingway and crime fiction he has published numerous books and articles on a variety of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American writers. His most recent publication is the prize-winning book Mark Twain and Male Friendship (2009).