Crime Fiction

2015-12-17

Crime Fiction

John Scaggs 2005


E-Book: 181 English pages

Publisher: Routledge

Price: 1000 Toman

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Crime Fiction provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. 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 the gothic novel
  • explores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as ‘Rational Criminal Investigation’, The Hard-Boiled Mode’, ‘The Police Procedural’ and ‘Historical Crime Fiction’
  • locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context
  • outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory
  • considers contemporary television series like C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation alongside the ‘classic’ whodunnits of Agatha Christie.

Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction and concludes with a look at future directions for the genre in the twentieth-first century.


Review

Crime Fiction presents a digestible yet highly informative and intricate analysis of the genre. It is a valuable resourse for mystery and detective aficionados in addition to scholars’.
Amy C. Branman, In-between

 

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