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A Companion to Crime Fiction
Charles J. Rzepka
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Description for A Companion to Crime Fiction
Hardback. A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day. It brings together a series of forty-seven original essays from some of the world's leading authorities. Editor(s): Rzepka, Charles J.; Horsley, Lee. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1292.
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
- A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction
- Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity
- Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped ... Read more
- Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
650
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405167659
SKU
V9781405167659
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99-50
About Charles J. Rzepka
Charles Rzepka is Professor of English at Boston University, where he teaches and writes on British Romanticism, popular culture, and detective and crime fiction. His publications include The Self as Mind (1986), Sacramental Commodities (1995), Detective Fiction (2005), and Essays, Inventions, Interventions (2010). Lee Horsley is Reader in Literature and Culture at Lancaster University, where she teaches two specialist crime courses. Her publications ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Crime Fiction
"Including a helpful introduction by Rzepka and conclusion by both editors, the volume is a welcome addition to the impressive "Blackwell Companion to Literature and Culture" series and to scholarship on crime and detective literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. " (Choice, 1July 2011) "Whilst the editors admit that the collection is not ... Read more