Format:
XII, 190 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. New York Cambridge Collections Online Online-Ressource Cambridge companions online Online-Ausg. New York : Cambridge Collections Online. Online-Ressource
Edition:
Cambridge companions complete collection
Edition:
Cambridge collections online
Edition:
The Cambridge companions to literature and classics
ISBN:
9780521136068
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0521136067
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9780521199377
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0521199379
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
"From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopranos, crime writing has played an important role in American culture. Its ability to register fear, desire and anxiety has made it a popular genre with a wide audience. These new essays, written for students as well as readers of crime fiction, demonstrate the very best in contemporary scholarship and challenge long-established notions of the development of the detective novel. Each chapter covers a sub-genre, from 'true crime' to hard-boiled novels, illustrating the ways in which 'popular' and 'high' literary genres influence and shape each other. With a chronology and guide to further reading, the Companion is a helpful guide for students of American literature and readers of crime fiction"--Provided by publisher
Content:
"The Satisfactions of Murder Catherine Ross Nickerson When coroners and medical examiners decide that the corpse before them is the victim of homicide, they announce their findings with a ringing locution: "by a person or persons unknown." And while the identity of the killer may truly be a cipher in the real world, within the confines of a detective novel, the perpetrator is known to us. He or she is hiding in plain sight among the array of characters in the book"--Provided by publisher
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
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Machine generated contents note: Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction Catherine Ross Nickerson; 2. Early crime writing Sara Crosby; 3. Poe and the origins of detective fiction Stephen Rachman; 4. Women writers before 1960 Catherine Ross Nickerson; 5. The hard-boiled novel Sean McCann; 6. The American Roman Noir Andrew Pepper; 7. Teenage detectives and teenage delinquents Ilana Nash; 8. The American spy novel David Seed; 9. Police procedurals in literature and on television Eddy Von Mueller; 10. Mafia stories and the US gangster Fred L. Gardaphe; 11. True crime Laura Browder; 12. Race and American crime fiction Maureen T. Reddy; 13. Feminist crime fiction Margaret Kinsman; 14. Crime and post-modern fiction Susan Elizabeth Sweeney; American crime fiction: a chronology; Guide to reading; Index.
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Online-Ausg. New York : Cambridge Collections Online. Online-Ressource
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511762840
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521199377
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. u.d.T. The Cambridge companion to American crime fiction Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2010 ISBN 9780521136068
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521136067
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521199377
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521199379
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. u.d.T. The Cambridge companion to American crime fiction
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
USA
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Kriminalliteratur
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Geschichte Anfänge-
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL9780521199377
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