A Companion to Crime Fiction
( Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture )
Publication series ：Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Author： Charles J. Rzepka
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2010
E-ISBN: 9781444317923
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781405167659
Subject： I106.4 Novels
Language： ENG
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Description
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 Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field
- Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
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