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A Companion to Crime Fiction
Contributor(s): Rzepka, Charles J. (Editor), Horsley, Lee (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1405167653     ISBN-13: 9781405167659
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE: $55.05  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction
Dewey: 809.387
LCCN: 2009050999
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" L (2.82 lbs) 650 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 252
 
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Publisher Description:
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
  • A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction
  • Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity
  • Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field
  • Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
 
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