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Masquerade, Crime and Fiction
Linden Peach
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Description for Masquerade, Crime and Fiction
Hardback. This study of crime and masquerade in fiction focuses upon the criminal as a 'performer'. Through stimulating discussions of a wide range of criminal types, Peach argues for the importance of novels that have been neglected. The book integrates incisive literary and cultural criticism with arguments about gender, masquerade, crime and culture. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
This study of crime and masquerade in fiction focuses upon the criminal as a 'performer'. Through stimulating discussions of a wide range of criminal types, Peach argues for the importance of novels that have been neglected. The book integrates incisive literary and cultural criticism with arguments about gender, masquerade, crime and culture.
This study of crime and masquerade in fiction focuses upon the criminal as a 'performer'. Through stimulating discussions of a wide range of criminal types, Peach argues for the importance of novels that have been neglected. The book integrates incisive literary and cultural criticism with arguments about gender, masquerade, crime and culture.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Series
Crime Files
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230006584
SKU
V9780230006584
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Ref
99-15
About Linden Peach
LINDEN PEACH is Professor and Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at Northumbria University, UK. He was previously Professor of Modern Literature at the Universities of Gloucestershire and Loughborough. His previous publications include studies of Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter and the contemporary Irish novel.
Reviews for Masquerade, Crime and Fiction
' a significant and worthwhile contribution to the study of crime fiction Peach's excellent study deserves to be taken seriously by those working in the expanding area of crime fiction.' Bran Nicol, Review of English Studies