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The Crime Fiction Handbook (Hardcover): Peter Messent

The Crime Fiction Handbook (Hardcover)

Peter Messent

Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks

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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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Imprint: John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin: United States
Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks
Release date: October 2012
First published: November 2012
Authors: Peter Messent
Dimensions: 237 x 162 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-65703-4
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN: 0-470-65703-0
Barcode: 9780470657034

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