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Crime Fiction (Paperback)
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Crime Fiction (Paperback)
Series: The New Critical Idiom
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Crime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what is both a
wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from
a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series,
John Scaggs: presents a concise history of crime fiction - from
biblical narratives to James Ellroy - broadening the genre to
include revenge tragedy and the gothic novel explores the key
sub-genres of crime fiction, such as 'Rational Criminal
Investigation', The Hard-Boiled Mode', 'The Police Procedural' and
'Historical Crime Fiction' locates texts and their recurring themes
and motifs in a wider social and historical context outlines the
various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime
fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory
considers contemporary television series like C.S.I.: Crime Scene
Investigation alongside the 'classic' whodunnits of Agatha
Christie. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the
essential guide for all those studying crime fiction and concludes
with a look at future directions for the genre in the
twentieth-first century.
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