Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of the popular genre of crime fiction, from its origins right up to the present day. This expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new developments and recent research, and...
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Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of the popular genre of crime fiction, from its origins right up to the present day. This expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new developments and recent research, and also explores a number of fictional works which have been published in the last few years
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: DETECTION -- 1 Beginning Detection -- i. Before Detection -- ii. Enter the Detective -- iii. Realistic Police -- iv. Edgar Allan Poe's Initiative -- 2 Developing Detection -- i. Early English Detection -- ii. Sensation -- iii. Gaboriau and the 1870s-1880s -- iv. Detective Apotheosis: Sherlock Holmes -- PART II: DEATH -- 3 After Sherlock Holmes -- i. Enter Death -- ii. Scientific Detectives -- iii. Ironic Anti-heroes -- iv. Low-level Detection -- v. Women on the Case -- 4 Forming the Clue-puzzle -- i. Had They but Known -- ii. How Golden Was the Age? -- iii. Golden Royalty: Agatha Christie -- iv. American Gold -- v. English Variations -- vi. Supporting Cast -- vii. Themes and Explanations -- 5 American Versions -- i. Origins and Attitudes -- ii. Hammett's Initiative -- iii. Chandler's Variation -- iv. Other American Crime Writers -- v. The Crime Novelists -- vi. The 'Tough Guy' Abroad -- PART III: DIVERSITY -- 6 Continuity and Diversity -- i. After the 'Golden Age' in Britain -- ii. The Private Eye Modernised -- iii. Other Continuities -- iv. The Psychothriller -- v. Police Procedurals -- 7 Diversifying Gender -- i. Towards Feminist Detection -- ii. Feminist Detection in America -- iii. Feminist Detection around the World -- iv. The Lesbian Detective -- v. Male Gay Detection -- 8 Diversifying Race and Ethnicity -- i. Black Male Detection -- ii. Black Female Detection -- iii. Other Ethnicities -- 9 Diversity: Postmodernity, Body, City -- i. Postmodern Crime Fiction -- ii. Generic Violence to City and Body -- iii. Urban Collapse -- iv. Serial Killers -- A Glossary of Crime Fiction --
Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of the popular genre of crime fiction, from its origins right up to the present day. This expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new developments and recent research, and...
more
Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of the popular genre of crime fiction, from its origins right up to the present day. This expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new developments and recent research, and also explores a number of fictional works which have been published in the last few years. Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: DETECTION -- 1 Beginning Detection -- i. Before Detection -- ii. Enter the Detective -- iii. Realistic Police -- iv. Edgar Allan Poe's Initiative -- 2 Developing Detection -- i. Early English Detection -- ii. Sensation -- iii. Gaboriau and the 1870s-1880s -- iv. Detective Apotheosis: Sherlock Holmes -- PART II: DEATH -- 3 After Sherlock Holmes -- i. Enter Death -- ii. Scientific Detectives -- iii. Ironic Anti-heroes -- iv. Low-level Detection -- v. Women on the Case -- 4 Forming the Clue-puzzle -- i. Had They but Known -- ii. How Golden Was the Age? -- iii. Golden Royalty: Agatha Christie -- iv. American Gold -- v. English Variations -- vi. Supporting Cast -- vii. Themes and Explanations -- 5 American Versions -- i. Origins and Attitudes -- ii. Hammett's Initiative -- iii. Chandler's Variation -- iv. Other American Crime Writers -- v. The Crime Novelists -- vi. The 'Tough Guy' Abroad -- PART III: DIVERSITY -- 6 Continuity and Diversity -- i. After the 'Golden Age' in Britain -- ii. The Private Eye Modernised -- iii. Other Continuities -- iv. The Psychothriller -- v. Police Procedurals -- 7 Diversifying Gender -- i. Towards Feminist Detection -- ii. Feminist Detection in America -- iii. Feminist Detection around the World -- iv. The Lesbian Detective -- v. Male Gay Detection -- 8 Diversifying Race and Ethnicity -- i. Black Male Detection -- ii. Black Female Detection -- iii. Other Ethnicities -- 9 Diversity: Postmodernity, Body, City -- i. Postmodern Crime Fiction -- ii. Generic Violence to City and Body -- iii. Urban Collapse -- iv. Serial Killers -- A Glossary of Crime Fiction -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- A Chronology of Crime Fiction -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q.