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A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
  • A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction
  • Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity
  • Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field
  • Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

A Companion to Crime Fiction

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Hardback by Charles J. Rzepka , Lee Horsley

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 19/02/2010
    ISBN13: 9781405167659, 978-1405167659
    ISBN10: 1405167653

    Number of Pages: 650

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
    • A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction
    • Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity
    • Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field
    • Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

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