The crime fiction handbook

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The crime fiction handbook

Peter Messent

（Blackwell literature handbooks）

Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index

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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and political anxieties at its heart. Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions

目次

Acknowledgments vii Introductory Note ix Part 1 Introduction 1 Part 2 The Politics, Main Forms, and Key Concerns of Crime Fiction 9 The Politics of Crime Fiction 11 The Types of Crime Fiction 27 Classical Detective Fiction 27 Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction 34 The Police Novel 41 Transgressor Narratives 50 Vision, Supervision, and the City 60 Crime and the Body 75 Gender Matters 85 Representations of Race 96 Part 3 Some Key Works in Crime Fiction 107 Edgar Allan Poe: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) 109 Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four (1890) 116 Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) 127 Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon (1930) 136 Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep (1939) 143 James M. Cain: Double Indemnity (1936) 151 Patricia Highsmith: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) 159 Chester Himes: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965) 167 Maj Sjoewall and Per Wahloeoe: The Laughing Policeman (1968) 176 James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia (1987) 187 Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs (1988) 198 Patricia Cornwell: Unnatural Exposure (1997) 208 Ian Rankin: The Naming of the Dead (2006) 218 Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) 227 End Note 241 References 243 Index 253

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