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          Crime Fiction

          Crime Fiction

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          Provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction.

          Crime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what i...

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          Description

          Product ID:9780415318242
          Product Form:Paperback / softback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Series:The New Critical Idiom
          Title:Crime Fiction
          Authors:Author: John Scaggs
          Page Count:184
          Subjects:Literary theory, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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          Provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction.

          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.

          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.


          Imprint Name:Routledge
          Publisher Name:Taylor & Francis Ltd
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2005-01-27

          Additional information

          Weight208 g
          Dimensions199 × 130 × 10 mm