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100 American Crime Writers (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

100 American Crime Writers features discussion and analysis of the lives of crime writers and their key works, examining the developments in American crime writing from the Golden Age to hardboiled detective fiction. This study is essential to scholars and an ideal introduction to crime fiction for anyone who enjoys this fascinating genre.

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Autor

DELPHINE M. CINGAL Assistant Professor at Panthéon-Assas-Paris 2, France TIM FOSTER Teacher of English and Film Studies at a school in Bedfordshire, UK DAVID HERING Teacher at the University of Liverpool, UK MEGAN HOFFMAN PhD candidate and teaching assistant in the School of English, University of St Andrews, UK MARTIN LIGHTENING Freelance documentary cameraman SUSAN MASSEY PhD graduate from the University of St Andrews, UK ESME MISKIMMIN Teacher at the University of Liverpool, UK JURI NUMMELIN Finnish writer, editor and translator CHRIS PAK PhD candidate specialising in science fiction at the University of Liverpool, UK J. KINGSTON PIERCE Journalist and author DIANA POWELL PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, UK CHRIS ROUTLEDGE Freelance writer, editor and academic STEVE SCOTT Retired commercial banker living in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA MAUREEN SUNDERLAND Independent scholar

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 373
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137031662
• Artikelnr.: 45972136

Rezensionen

"100 American Writers is a book that I think will appeal to a significant number of readers. ... there is a bibliography and a useful list of suggested further reading. ... For anyone seeking an introduction to American crime fiction, this book will make a very good choice." (Martin Edwards, Do You Write Under Your Own Name, Doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.de, August, 2015)

'This is a uniquely comprehensive guide. It combines range with coverage. Each entry has a useful biographical summary along with a concise critical survey of the writer's fiction. The suggestions for further reading are just what are needed. This volume will make an invaluable companion to a large and complex field.' - David Seed, University of Liverpool, UK