Crime Fiction Contributor(s): Scaggs, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415318246 ISBN-13: 9780415318242 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: "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 novel *explores 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 context *outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory *considers contemporary television series like "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" alongside the "classic" whodunnits of Agatha Christie. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction |
Dewey: 823.087 |
LCCN: 2004016596 |
Series: New Critical Idiom (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.12" W x 7.84" (0.46 lbs) 184 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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:
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. |