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  1. Crime fiction since 1800
    detection, death, diversity
    Author: Knight, Stephen
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

    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

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    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
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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

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781137020215
    RVK Categories: HG 670
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Subjects: Crime in literature; Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism; Kriminalroman; Englisch; Kriminalliteratur
    Scope: 1 online resource (304 pages)
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    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 --
  2. Crime Fiction Since 1800
    Detection, Death, Diversity
    Author: Knight, Stephen
    Published: 2010; ©2010
    Publisher:  Macmillan Education UK, London

    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

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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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 -- 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.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781137020215
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism..; Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism..; Crime in literature; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 online resource (333 pages)
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