Title: Key concepts in crime fiction
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"--
Subjects: Criminals in literature, Detective and mystery stories, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, History and criticism, Crime in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, Detective and mystery stories--history and criticism, Kriminalliteratur, Pn3448.d4 w67 2011, 809.3/872, Lit004230 lit012000 lit000000, Hg 670, Hl 1310