The Cambridge companion to American crime fiction
edited by Catherine Ross Nickerson.
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books
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| Utgitt | Cambridge ; New York : : Cambridge University Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xii, 190 p. )
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Introduction : the satisfactions of murder / Catherine Ross Nickerson -- Early American crime writing / Sara Crosby -- Poe and the origins of detective fiction / Stephen Rachman -- Women writers before 1960 / Catherine Ross Nickerson -- The hard-boiled novel / Sean McCann -- The American roman noir / Andrew Pepper -- Teenage detectives and teenage delinquents / Ilana Nash -- American spy fiction / David Seed -- The police procedural in literature and on television / Eddy von Mueller -- Mafia stories and the American gangster / Fred L. Gardaphe -- True crime / Laura Browder -- Race and American crime fiction / Maureen T. Reddy -- Feminist crime fiction / Margaret Kinsman -- Crime in postmodernist fiction / Susan Elizabeth Sweeney.. - "From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopranos, crime writing has played an important role in American culture. Its ability to register fear, desire and anxiety has made it a popular genre with a wide audience. These new essays, written for students as well as readers of crime fiction, demonstrate the very best in contemporary scholarship and challenge long-established notions of the development of the detective novel. Each chapter covers a sub-genre, from 'true crime' to hard-boiled novels, illustrating the ways in which 'popular' and 'high' literary genres influence and shape each other. With a chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion is a helpful guide for students of American literature and readers of crime fiction"--Provided by publisher.. - "When coroners and medical examiners decide that the corpse before them is the victim of homicide, they announce their findings with a ringing locution: "by a person or persons unknown." And while the identity of the killer may truly be a cipher in the real world, within the confines of a detective novel, the perpetrator is known to us. He or she is hiding in plain sight among the array of characters in the book"--Provided by publisher.
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| Emner | amerikansk litteratur - romaner
kriminal(sjanger) noveller - amerikansk litteraturhistorie American Literature Vis mer... Crime fiction, American - History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism. Detective fiction, American - History and criticism. Detektiver Engelsk litteratur English Kriminalitet Kriminallitteratur Languages & Literatures Litteratur Romaner USA Kriminalliteratur. |
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| Dewey | 813/.087209 . - 813
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| ISBN | 9780521136068. - 9780521199377
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