Key concepts in crime fiction
By: Heather Worthington
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Red Globe Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780230551251
Subjects: Criminals in literature; Detective and mystery stories; LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; History and criticism; Crime in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference
Description: "An insight into a popular yet complex genre that has developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The volume explores the contemporary anxieties to which crime fiction responds, along with society's changing conceptions of crime and criminality. The book covers texts, contexts and criticism in an accessible and user-friendly format"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: General Editors' Preface; title: Introductory Essay; title: Chronology; title: Contexts: History, Politics, Culture; title: Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues; title: Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice; title: Index.