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Author Messent, Peter B.
Title The crime fiction handbook / Peter Messent.
Publication Info Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.


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Descript 264 p.
Contents Acknowledgments vii Introductory Note ix Part 1 Introduction 1 Part 2 The Politics, Main Forms, and Key Concerns of Crime Fiction 9 The Politics of Crime Fiction 11 The Types of Crime Fiction 27 Classical Detective Fiction 27 Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction 34 The Police Novel 41 Transgressor Narratives 50 Vision, Supervision, and the City 60 Crime and the Body 75 Gender Matters 85 Representations of Race 96 Part 3 Some KeyWorks in Crime Fiction 107 Edgar Allan Poe: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) 109 Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four (1890) 116 Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) 127 Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930) 136 Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939) 143 James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1936) 151 Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) 159 Chester Himes: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) 167 Maj Sj€owall and Per Wahl€o€o: The Laughing Policeman (1968) 176 James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia (1987) 187 Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs (1988) 198 Patricia Cornwell: Unnatural Exposure (1997) 208 Ian Rankin: The Naming of the Dead (2006) 218 Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) 227 End Note 241 References 243 Index 253
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781118326541 (e-book)
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Author Messent, Peter B.
Series Blackwell literature handbooks
Blackwell literature handbooks.
Subject Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, Swedish -- History and criticism.
Descript 264 p.
Contents Acknowledgments vii Introductory Note ix Part 1 Introduction 1 Part 2 The Politics, Main Forms, and Key Concerns of Crime Fiction 9 The Politics of Crime Fiction 11 The Types of Crime Fiction 27 Classical Detective Fiction 27 Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction 34 The Police Novel 41 Transgressor Narratives 50 Vision, Supervision, and the City 60 Crime and the Body 75 Gender Matters 85 Representations of Race 96 Part 3 Some KeyWorks in Crime Fiction 107 Edgar Allan Poe: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) 109 Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four (1890) 116 Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) 127 Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930) 136 Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939) 143 James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1936) 151 Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) 159 Chester Himes: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) 167 Maj Sj€owall and Per Wahl€o€o: The Laughing Policeman (1968) 176 James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia (1987) 187 Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs (1988) 198 Patricia Cornwell: Unnatural Exposure (1997) 208 Ian Rankin: The Naming of the Dead (2006) 218 Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) 227 End Note 241 References 243 Index 253
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781118326541 (e-book)
Author Messent, Peter B.
Series Blackwell literature handbooks
Blackwell literature handbooks.
Subject Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, Swedish -- History and criticism.

Subject Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, Swedish -- History and criticism.
Descript 264 p.
Contents Acknowledgments vii Introductory Note ix Part 1 Introduction 1 Part 2 The Politics, Main Forms, and Key Concerns of Crime Fiction 9 The Politics of Crime Fiction 11 The Types of Crime Fiction 27 Classical Detective Fiction 27 Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction 34 The Police Novel 41 Transgressor Narratives 50 Vision, Supervision, and the City 60 Crime and the Body 75 Gender Matters 85 Representations of Race 96 Part 3 Some KeyWorks in Crime Fiction 107 Edgar Allan Poe: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) 109 Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four (1890) 116 Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) 127 Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930) 136 Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939) 143 James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1936) 151 Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) 159 Chester Himes: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) 167 Maj Sj€owall and Per Wahl€o€o: The Laughing Policeman (1968) 176 James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia (1987) 187 Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs (1988) 198 Patricia Cornwell: Unnatural Exposure (1997) 208 Ian Rankin: The Naming of the Dead (2006) 218 Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) 227 End Note 241 References 243 Index 253
Note 400 annual accesses. UkHlHU
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