A Counter-History of Crime Fiction - Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational (Paperback)

Nominated for the Mystery Writers of America 'Edgar Awards' "" "" "A Counter-History of Crime Fiction" takes a new look at the evolution of crime fiction, drawing on material from the Middle Ages up to the early Twentieth century, when the genre was theoretically defined as detective fiction. Considering 'criminography' as a system of inter-related, even incestuous, sub-genres, Maurizio Ascari explores the connections between modes of literature such as revenge tragedies and providential fictions, the gothic and the ghost story, urban mysteries and anarchist fiction, while taking into account the influence of pseudo-sciences such as mesmerism and criminal anthropology.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Crime Files
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Maurizio Ascari
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-59462-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-230-59462-X
Barcode:	9780230594623

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