Crime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series, John Scaggs:
- presents a concise history of crime fiction – from biblical narratives to James Ellroy – broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and the gothic novel
- explores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as »Rational Criminal Investigation», The Hard-Boiled Mode», »The Police Procedural» and »Historical Crime Fiction»
- locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context
- outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory
- considers contemporary television series like C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation alongside the »classic» whodunnits of Agatha Christie.
Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction and concludes with a look at future directions for the genre in the twentieth-first century.
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Formato PDF ● Páginas 184 ● ISBN 9781134368242 ● Editorial Taylor and Francis ● Publicado 2005 ● Descargable 3 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 5295154 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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