A companion to crime fiction

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Titel: A companion to crime fiction

Enthält: A COMPANION TO CRIME FICTION; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: What Is Crime Fiction?; Part I: History, Criticism, Culture; Part II: Genre of a Thousand Faces; Part III: Artists at Work; Film; References; Index;
From The Newgate calendar to Sherlock Holmes / Heather Worthington
From The Newgate calendar to Sherlock Holmes / Heather Worthington -- From Sherlock Holmes to the present / Lee Horsley -- Criticism and theory / Heta Pyrhonen -- Crime and the mass media / Alain Silver, James Ursini -- Crime fiction and the literary canon / Joel Black -- The Newgate novel and the police casebook / Lauren Gillingham -- From sensation to the Strand / Christopher Pittard -- The "classical" model of the golden age / Susan Rowland -- Early American crime fiction : origins to urban gothic / Alexander Moudrov -- The "hard-boiled" genre / Andrew Pepper -- The pursuit of crime : characters in crime fiction / Carl Malmgren -- Crime, forensics, and modern science / Sarah Dauncey -- The police novel / Peter Messent -- Noir and the psycho-thriller / Philip Simpson -- True crime / David Schmid -- Gangs and mobs / Jonathan Munby -- Historical crime and detection / Ray B. Browne -- Crime and the spy genre / David Seed -- Crime and the gothic / Catherine Spooner -- Feminist crime fiction and female sleuths / Adrienne Gavin -- African-American detection and crime fiction / Frankie Bailey -- Ethnic postcolonial crime and detection (Anglophone) / Ed Christian -- Crime writing in other languages / Sue Neale -- Postmodern and metaphysical detection / Patricia Merivale -- Crime and detective literature for young readers / Christopher Routledge -- Crime in comics and the graphic novel / Arthur Fried -- Criminal investigation on film / Philippa Gates -- William Godwin (1756-1836) / Philip Shaw -- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) / Maurice Lee -- Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) / Andrew Mangham -- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) / John Hodgson -- Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) / Leroy Panek -- Agatha Christie (1890-1976) / Merja Makinen -- James M. Cain (1892-1977) / William Marling -- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) / Esme Miskimmin -- Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) / Jasmine Hall -- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) / Alicia Borinsky -- Chester Himes (1909-1984) / Stephen Soitos -- David Goodis (1917-1967) / David Schmid -- P.D. James (1920- ) / Louise Harrington -- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) / Bran Nicol -- Elmore Leonard (1925- ) / Charles J. Rzepka -- Sara Paretsky (1947- ) / Malcah Effron -- Walter Mosley (1952- ) / John Gruesser -- Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) / Nick Haeffner -- Martin Scorsese (1942- ) / Mark Desmond Nicholls -- John Woo (1946- ) / Karen Fang
From Sherlock Holmes to the present / Lee Horsley
Criticism and theory / Heta Pyrhonen
Crime and the mass media / Alain Silver, James Ursini
Crime fiction and the literary canon / Joel Black
The Newgate novel and the police casebook / Lauren Gillingham
From sensation to the Strand / Christopher Pittard
The "classical" model of the golden age / Susan Rowland
Early American crime fiction : origins to urban gothic / Alexander Moudrov
The "hard-boiled" genre / Andrew Pepper
The pursuit of crime : characters in crime fiction / Carl Malmgren
Crime, forensics, and modern science / Sarah Dauncey
The police novel / Peter Messent
Noir and the psycho-thriller / Philip Simpson
True crime / David Schmid
Gangs and mobs / Jonathan Munby
Historical crime and detection / Ray B. Browne
Crime and the spy genre / David Seed
Crime and the gothic / Catherine Spooner
Feminist crime fiction and female sleuths / Adrienne Gavin
African-American detection and crime fiction / Frankie Bailey
Ethnic postcolonial crime and detection (Anglophone) / Ed Christian
Crime writing in other languages / Sue Neale
Postmodern and metaphysical detection / Patricia Merivale
Crime and detective literature for young readers / Christopher Routledge
Crime in comics and the graphic novel / Arthur Fried
Criminal investigation on film / Philippa Gates
William Godwin (1756-1836) / Philip Shaw
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) / Maurice Lee
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) / Andrew Mangham
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) / John Hodgson
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) / Leroy Panek
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) / Merja Makinen
James M. Cain (1892-1977) / William Marling
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) / Esme Miskimmin
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) / Jasmine Hall
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) / Alicia Borinsky
Chester Himes (1909-1984) / Stephen Soitos
David Goodis (1917-1967) / David Schmid
P.D. James (1920- ) / Louise Harrington
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) / Bran Nicol
Elmore Leonard (1925- ) / Charles J. Rzepka
Sara Paretsky (1947- ) / Malcah Effron
Walter Mosley (1952- ) / John Gruesser
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) / Nick Haeffner
Martin Scorsese (1942- ) / Mark Desmond Nicholls
John Woo (1946- ) / Karen Fang.

Beteiligte: Rzepka, Charles J. [HerausgeberIn]; Horsley, Lee [HerausgeberIn]

Erschienen: Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (629 Seiten)

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1002/9781444317916

ISBN: 9781444317916; 1405167653; 9781405167659

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RVK-Notation: EC 6690 : Kriminalroman (Detektivroman), Spionageroman
HG 670 : Kriminalroman

Schlagwörter: Englisch > Kriminalliteratur > Geschichte
Englisch > Kriminalliteratur > Geschichte

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Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references (pages 574-598) and index. - Print version record

Beschreibung: 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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