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02448aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 0BB92E9681F911E58D57CB8FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151103010200 008 150514s2015 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2014957193 020 $a 0199658781 020 $a 9780199658787 035 $a (OCoLC)908923429 040 $a EQF $b eng $e rda $c EQF $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d CDX $d IHI $d TXI $d ZCU $d OCLCO $d IAI $d DLC $d NLGGC $d UKBOR $d MUU $d OCLCF $d SILO 050 4 $a PN3448.D4 $b B648 2015 082 04 $a 809.3/872 $2 23 084 $a 17.86 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Bradford, Richard, $d 1957- $e author. 245 10 $a Crime fiction : $b a very short introduction / $c Richard Bradford. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a 134 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 18 cm 490 1 $a Very short introductions ; $v 429 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-130) and index. 505 0 $a Origins -- The two ages : golden and hard-boiled -- Transitions -- International crime fiction -- Gender -- Spy fiction, the thriller and legal drama -- Can crime fiction be taken seriously? 520 $a "Tells the story of the developing genre of crime fiction, from its 18th century origins in Britain to its contemporary international scope. Ranging from drawing-room murder mysteries to spy fiction, legal dramas, and thrillers, Bradford explores the conventions of the genre, and considers how crime writers have worked to escape the limitations it places on them."--Front flap 650 0 $a Detective and mystery stories $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 14 $a Poe, Edgar Allan, $d 1809-1849. $0 (NL-LeOCL)068374216 600 14 $a Chandler, Raymond, $d 1888-1959. $0 (NL-LeOCL)068941870 600 14 $a Simenon, Georges $q (Georges Joseph Christian), $d 1903-1989. $0 (NL-LeOCL)068291965 600 14 $a Rutherford, Margaret, $d 1892-1972. $0 (NL-LeOCL)139473963 600 14 $a Doyle, Arthur Conan, $d 1859-1930. $0 (NL-LeOCL)068358172 650 7 $a Detective and mystery stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00891461 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 $a Very short introductions ; $v 429. 941 $a 4 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508021908.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605020133.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180201033824.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160405014315.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0BB92E9681F911E58D57CB8FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search