100 British Crime Writers 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Miskimmin, Esme (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230203647 ISBN-13: 9780230203648 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $75.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.57 lbs) 432 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 100 British Crime Writers explores a history of British crime writing between 1855 and 2015 through 100 writers, detailing their lives and significant writing and exploring their contributions to the genre. Divided into four sections: 'The Victorians, Edwardians, and World War One, 1855-1918'; 'The Golden Age and World War Two, 1919-1945'; 'Post-War and Cold War, 1946-1989'; and 'To the Millennium and Beyond, 1990-2015', each section offers an introduction to the significant features of these eras in crime fiction and discusses trends in publication, readership, and critical response. With entries spanning the earliest authors of crime fiction to a selection of innovative contemporary novelists, this book considers the development and progression of the genre in the light of historical and social events. |