| The Mysteries of the Cities: Urban Crime Fiction in the Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): Knight, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786463414 ISBN-13: 9780786463411 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction |
| Dewey: 809.387 |
| LCCN: 2011037376 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A popular crime genre in the nineteenth century, urban mysteries have largely been ignored ever since. This historical and critical text examines the origins of the innovative genre, which grappled with the rise of enormous, anonymous cities, beginning in France in 1842, then spreading rapidly across the continent and to America and Australia. Writers covered include Eugene Sue, George Reynolds, Paul Feval, George Lippard, Ned Buntline and Donald Cameron. |