The Crime Fiction Handbook by Messent, Peter

The Crime Fiction Handbook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780470657041)

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The Crime Fiction Handbook by Messent, Peter

The Crime Fiction Handbook

$25.95
The Crime Fiction Handbook by Messent, Peter

The Crime Fiction Handbook

$25.95
Format: Paperback
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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts.
  • Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction
  • Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches
  • Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition
  • Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and political anxieties at its heart.
  • Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions





Author: Peter Messent
ISBN-10: 0470657049
ISBN-13: 9780470657041
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2012
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

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Choice 09/01/2013
By Peter Messent
By Peter Messent
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Peter Messent is Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature at the University of Nottingham. A specialist on Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and crime fiction, he has published numerous books and articles on a variety of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American writers. His most recent publication is the prize-winning book Mark Twain and Male Friendship (2009).

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