Titel: Crime Fiction

Schrijver: John Scaggs

Bindingswijze: Paperback

EAN: 9780415318242

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Provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction.

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.