A companion to crime fiction /
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day.: A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fi...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;
66. |
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| Online Access: | Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day.: A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction; Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity; Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 629 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 574-598) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781444317923 144431792X 9781444331752 1444331752 9781444317916 1444317911 |