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Criminal Proceedings: The Contemporary American Crime Novel
Peter Messent (Ed.)
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Description for Criminal Proceedings: The Contemporary American Crime Novel
paperback. A fascinating look at the contemporary Amerian crime novel in all its variety and complexity. Editor(s): Messent, Peter B. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Criminal Proceedings offers a comprehensive view of some of the most important developments in crime fiction. The contributors explore the significant new directions which the genre has recently taken and examine their importance in terms of American cultural self-definition as they tap into contemporary concerns about place, identity, gender, race, oppression and justice.
In particular, the contributors focus on the ways in which new multicultural perspectives are now challenging the predominantly white, male tradition. The work of some of America’s best crime writers are examined, including Patricia Cornwell, James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosely and Barbara Wilson. ... Read more
Criminal Proceedings offers a comprehensive view of some of the most important developments in crime fiction. The contributors explore the significant new directions which the genre has recently taken and examine their importance in terms of American cultural self-definition as they tap into contemporary concerns about place, identity, gender, race, oppression and justice.
In particular, the contributors focus on the ways in which new multicultural perspectives are now challenging the predominantly white, male tradition. The work of some of America’s best crime writers are examined, including Patricia Cornwell, James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosely and Barbara Wilson. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745310169
SKU
9780745310169
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Ref
99-1
About Peter Messent (Ed.)
Peter Messent is Reader in the Modern American Novel at the University of Nottingham and has written widely on contemporary American fiction.
Reviews for Criminal Proceedings: The Contemporary American Crime Novel
'A wonderfully perverse book'
Times Higher Education Supplement 'The collection assembles a wide variety of both types of lawman and law-woman, including racist, misogynistic cops, Navajo police (one with traditional religious interests), feminists PIs, and Western detectives – along with assorted lawyers and FBI agents... What does unite the contributors, apart from their ability to write accessible yet sophisticated ... Read more
Times Higher Education Supplement 'The collection assembles a wide variety of both types of lawman and law-woman, including racist, misogynistic cops, Navajo police (one with traditional religious interests), feminists PIs, and Western detectives – along with assorted lawyers and FBI agents... What does unite the contributors, apart from their ability to write accessible yet sophisticated ... Read more