Crime Fiction |
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| Author:
| Gillis, Stacy |
| Series title: | Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7486-2320-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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This book discusses British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first. From the mean streets to the country house to cyberspace and from Poe to Margery Allingham to Ian Rankin, the guide identifies key trends in theories and histories of crime fiction. It traces the history of crime fiction in the British and American tradition as well as authors, such as Henning Mankell and Akimitsu Takaqi, who published outside of the Anglo-American tradition.
This book discusses British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first. From the mean streets to the country house to cyberspace and from Poe to Margery Allingham to Ian Rankin, the guide identifies key trends in theories and histories of crime fiction. It traces the history of crime fiction in the British and American tradition as well as authors, such as Henning Mankell and Akimitsu Takaqi, who published outside of the Anglo-American tradition.