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Contemporary American Crime Fiction (Crime Files)
Hans Bertens
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Description for Contemporary American Crime Fiction (Crime Files)
Hardcover. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
This highly accessible, lively and informative study gives a clear and comprehensive overview of recent trends in American crime fiction. Building on a discussion of the immediate predecessors, Bertens and D'haen focus on the work of popular and award-winning authors of the last fifteen years. Particular attention is given to writers who have reworked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities.
This highly accessible, lively and informative study gives a clear and comprehensive overview of recent trends in American crime fiction. Building on a discussion of the immediate predecessors, Bertens and D'haen focus on the work of popular and award-winning authors of the last fifteen years. Particular attention is given to writers who have reworked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Series
Crime Files
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333674550
SKU
V9780333674550
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Ref
99-15
About Hans Bertens
HANS BERTENS is Professor of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University. THEO D'HAEN is Professor of English and American Literature at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has published widely in the field of modern literature, especially on postmodern and postcolonialism.
Reviews for Contemporary American Crime Fiction (Crime Files)
'This book is both an education and a joy..fresh insights into books published as recently as 1999.' - Choice 'The eminently utilitarian 'Crime File' series (under the custodianship of series editor Clive Bloom) steams ahead with another provocative and informed volume in Contemporary American Crime Fiction. Yet again (as in previous entries in the series), this is ... Read more