A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitiveguide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenthcentury to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from ateam 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 theeighteenth century through to its phenomenal present daypopularity Features full-length critical essays on the mostsignificant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle andDashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese…mehr
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitiveguide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenthcentury to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from ateam 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 theeighteenth century through to its phenomenal present daypopularity Features full-length critical essays on the mostsignificant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle andDashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploringthe ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-datescholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
Charles Rzepka is Professor of English at Boston University, where he teaches and writes on British Romanticism, popular culture, and detective and crime fiction. His publications include The Self as Mind (1986), Sacramental Commodities (1995), Detective Fiction (2005), and Essays, Inventions, Interventions (2010). Lee Horsley is Reader in Literature and Culture at Lancaster University, where she teaches two specialist crime courses. Her publications include Political Fiction and the Historical Imagination (1990), Fictions of Power in English Literature 1900-1950 (1995) Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction (2005), and an expanded paperback edition of the 2001 publication The Noir Thriller (2009).
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Introduction: What is Crime Fiction? (Charles J. Rzepka). Part I: History, Criticism, Culture 1. From the Newgate Calendar to Sherlock Holmes (Heather Worthington). 2. From Sherlock Holmes to the Present (Lee Horsley). 3. Criticism and Theory (Heta Pyrhonen). 4. Crime and the Mass Media (Alain Silver and James Ursini). 5. Crime Fiction and the Literary Canon (Joel Black). Part 2: Genre of a Thousand Faces 6. The Newgate Novel and the Police Casebook Lauren Gillingham 7. From Sensation to The Strand (Christopher Pittard). 8. The "Classical" Model of the Golden Age (Susan Rowland). 9. Early American Crime Fiction: Origins to Urban Gothic (Alexander Moudrov). 10. The "Hard Boiled" Genre (Andrew Pepper). 11. The Pursuit of Crime: Characters in Crime Fiction (Carl Malmgren). 12. Crime, Forensics, and Modern Science (Sarah Dauncey). 13. Police Novel (Peter Messent). 14. Noir and the Psycho Thriller (Philip Simpson). 15. True Crime (David Schmid). 16. Gangs and Mobs (Jonathan Munby). 17. Historical Crime and Detection (Ray B. Browne) 18. Crime and the Spy genre (David Seed). 19. Crime and the Gothic (Catherine Spooner). 20. Feminist Crime Fiction and Female Sleuths (Adrienne Gavin) 21. African American Detection and Crime Fiction (Frankie Bailey). 22. Ethnic Postcolonial Crime and Detection (Anglophone) (Ed Christian). 23. Crime Writing in Other Languages (Sue Neale). 24. Postmodern and Metaphysical Detection (Patricia Merivale). 25. Crime and Detective Literature for Young Readers (Christopher Routledge). 26. Crime in Comics and the Graphic Novel (Arthur Fried). 27. Criminal Investigation on Film (Philippa Gates). Part 3: Artists at Work Fiction: 28. William Godwin (1756 1836) Philip Shaw 29. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849) Maurice Lee 30. Wilkie Collins (1824 1889) Andrew Mangham 31. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 1930) John Hodgson 32. Raymond Chandler (1888 1959) Leroy Panek 33. Agatha Christie (1890 1976) Merja Makinen 34. James M. Cain (1892 1977) William Marling 35. Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 1957) Esme Miskimmin 36. Dashiell Hammett (1894 1961) Jasmine Hall 37. Jorge Luis Borges (1899 1986) Alicia Borinsky 38. Chester Himes (1909 1984) Stephen Soitos 39. David Goodis (1917 1967) David Schmid 40. P. D. James (1920 ) Louise Harrington 41. Patricia Highsmith (1921 1995) Bran Nicol 42. Elmore Leonard (1925 ) Charles J. Rzepka 43. Sara Paretsky (1947 ) Malcah Effron 44. Walter Mosley (1952 ) John Gruesser Film: 45. Alfred Hitchcock (1899 1980) Nick Haeffner 46. Martin Scorsese (1942 ) Mark Desmond Nicholls 47. John Woo (1946 ) Karen Fang Conclusion Lee Horsley and Charles J. Rzepka
Introduction: What is Crime Fiction? (Charles J. Rzepka). Part I: History, Criticism, Culture 1. From the Newgate Calendar to Sherlock Holmes (Heather Worthington). 2. From Sherlock Holmes to the Present (Lee Horsley). 3. Criticism and Theory (Heta Pyrhonen). 4. Crime and the Mass Media (Alain Silver and James Ursini). 5. Crime Fiction and the Literary Canon (Joel Black). Part 2: Genre of a Thousand Faces 6. The Newgate Novel and the Police Casebook Lauren Gillingham 7. From Sensation to The Strand (Christopher Pittard). 8. The "Classical" Model of the Golden Age (Susan Rowland). 9. Early American Crime Fiction: Origins to Urban Gothic (Alexander Moudrov). 10. The "Hard Boiled" Genre (Andrew Pepper). 11. The Pursuit of Crime: Characters in Crime Fiction (Carl Malmgren). 12. Crime, Forensics, and Modern Science (Sarah Dauncey). 13. Police Novel (Peter Messent). 14. Noir and the Psycho Thriller (Philip Simpson). 15. True Crime (David Schmid). 16. Gangs and Mobs (Jonathan Munby). 17. Historical Crime and Detection (Ray B. Browne) 18. Crime and the Spy genre (David Seed). 19. Crime and the Gothic (Catherine Spooner). 20. Feminist Crime Fiction and Female Sleuths (Adrienne Gavin) 21. African American Detection and Crime Fiction (Frankie Bailey). 22. Ethnic Postcolonial Crime and Detection (Anglophone) (Ed Christian). 23. Crime Writing in Other Languages (Sue Neale). 24. Postmodern and Metaphysical Detection (Patricia Merivale). 25. Crime and Detective Literature for Young Readers (Christopher Routledge). 26. Crime in Comics and the Graphic Novel (Arthur Fried). 27. Criminal Investigation on Film (Philippa Gates). Part 3: Artists at Work Fiction: 28. William Godwin (1756 1836) Philip Shaw 29. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849) Maurice Lee 30. Wilkie Collins (1824 1889) Andrew Mangham 31. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 1930) John Hodgson 32. Raymond Chandler (1888 1959) Leroy Panek 33. Agatha Christie (1890 1976) Merja Makinen 34. James M. Cain (1892 1977) William Marling 35. Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 1957) Esme Miskimmin 36. Dashiell Hammett (1894 1961) Jasmine Hall 37. Jorge Luis Borges (1899 1986) Alicia Borinsky 38. Chester Himes (1909 1984) Stephen Soitos 39. David Goodis (1917 1967) David Schmid 40. P. D. James (1920 ) Louise Harrington 41. Patricia Highsmith (1921 1995) Bran Nicol 42. Elmore Leonard (1925 ) Charles J. Rzepka 43. Sara Paretsky (1947 ) Malcah Effron 44. Walter Mosley (1952 ) John Gruesser Film: 45. Alfred Hitchcock (1899 1980) Nick Haeffner 46. Martin Scorsese (1942 ) Mark Desmond Nicholls 47. John Woo (1946 ) Karen Fang Conclusion Lee Horsley and Charles J. Rzepka
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