Crime Fiction

  • Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
    By Richard Bradford

    ... Edward White AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY Donald Critchlow AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTIONS L. Sandy Maisel AMERICAN POLITICS Richard M. Valelly THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY Charles O. Jones AMERICAN SLAVERY Heather Andrea Williams ...

  • Crime Fiction
    By John Scaggs

    ... by Joseph Bristow Historicism by Paul Hamilton Stylistics by Richard Bradford Humanism by Tony Davies Subjectivity by Donald E. Hall Ideology by David Hawkes CRIME FICTION John Scaggs ROUTLEDGE Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.

  • Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
    By Richard Bradford

    The best-known, most widely celebrated post-Franco writer is Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. Imprisoned and tortured during the 1960s for publishing subversive articles, Vázquez Montalbán exacted a form of revenge in the invention of Pepe ...

  • Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
    By Richard Bradford

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  • Crime Fiction: A Critical Casebook
    By Stephen Butler, Agnieszka Sienkiewicz-Charlish

    This compilation of essays attempts to trace the reasons behind the ongoing popularity of crime fiction.

  • Crime Fiction
    By John Scaggs

    Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series, John Scaggs: presents a concise history of crime fiction - from biblical narratives to James Ellroy - broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and ...

  • Crime Fiction: From Poe to the Present
    By Martin Priestman

    This brief study surveys British and American crime fiction from the first detective stories of Edgar Allan Poe to the present day, exploring the ways in which Poe's basic form has intertwined with more suspense-driven elements to produce ...

  • Crime Fiction
    By John Scaggs

    Provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction.

  • Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide
    By Barry Forshaw

    There are few contemporary crime fiction guides that cover everything from the golden age to current bestselling writers from America, Britain and all across the world, but the award-winning Barry Forshaw, one of the UK's leading experts in ...