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Title:

The Cambridge companion to crime fiction / [edited by] Martin Priestman.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xvii, 287 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Popular literature--English-speaking countries--History and criticism.
Crime in literature.
Roman policier anglais--Histoire et critique.
Roman policier américain--Histoire et critique.
Paralittérature--Pays anglophones--Histoire et critique.
Criminalité dans la littérature.

Other Authors:

Priestman, Martin, 1949-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Detection and literary fiction / Eighteenth-century crime writing / Laura Marcus. The Newgate novel and sensation fiction, 1830-1868 / Lynn Pykett -- The short story from Poe to Chesterton / Martin Kayman -- French crime fiction / Sita Schütt -- The golden age / Stephen Knight -- The private eye / Dennis Porter -- Spy fiction / Davis Seed -- The thriller / David Glover -- Postwar American police fiction / LeRoy Lad Panek -- Postwar British crime fiction / Martin Priestman -- Women detectives / Maureen T. Reddy -- Black crime fiction / Andrew Pepper -- Crime on film and TV / Nickianne Moody -- Detection and literary fiction / Laura Marcus.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

ISBN:

9780521008716 (pbk.)
0521008719 (pbk.)
9780521803991 (hardback)
0521803993 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51879735
(OCoLC)52947037

LCCN:

2003046056

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)