Crime Fiction
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
Av John Scaggs
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Crime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series, John Scaggs:presents a concise history of crime fiction - from biblical narratives to James Ellroy - broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and the gothic novelexplores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as 'Rational Criminal Investigation', The Hard-Boiled Mode', 'The Police Procedural' and 'Historical Crime Fiction'locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical contextoutlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theoryconsiders contemporary television series like C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation alongside the 'classic' whodunnits of Agatha Christie.Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction and concludes with a look at future directions for the genre in the twentieth-first century.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2005-01-27
- Mått129 x 198 x 10 mm
- Vikt207 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieNew Critical Idiom
- Antal sidor184
- FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
- ISBN9780415318242