Worthington Key Concepts in Crime Fiction

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-34433-4
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Macmillan Key Concepts: Literature

An insight into a popular yet complex genre that has developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The volume explores the contemporary anxieties to which crime fiction responds, along with society's changing conceptions of crime and criminality. The book covers texts, contexts and criticism in an accessible and user-friendly format.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Worthington, Heather

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editors' Preface .- Introductory Essay.- Chronology.- Contexts: History, Politics, Culture.- Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues.- Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

HEATHER WORTHINGTON lectures in the School of English, Philosophy and Communication at Cardiff University, UK, and is the author of The Rise of the Detective in Early Nineteenth-Century Popular Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).