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A Companion to Crime Fiction

Charles J Rzepka editor Lee Horsley editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:25th Jun '20

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A Companionto 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

ISBN: 9781119675778

Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 28mm

Weight: 1066g

656 pages