02141cam a2200337 a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200025000840200024001090350013001330400018001460420008001640430030001720500025002020820018002271000022002452450049002672600073003163000024003893360026004133370028004393380027004674900035004945040066005295050948005956500058015436500067016016500068016686500067017361720674820250703155539.0120312s2013    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2012008956  a9780470657034qcloth  a9780470657041qpbk.  a17206748  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc  ae-uk---an-us---ae-sw---00aPN3448.D4bM435 201300a809.3872bMES1 aMessent, Peter B.14aThe crime fiction handbook /cPeter Messent.  aChichester, West Sussex, UK ;aMalden, MA :bWiley-Blackwell,c2013.  ax, 262 p. ;c23 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0 aBlackwell literature handbooks  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.0 aThe politics, main forms, and key concerns of crime fiction. The politics of crime fiction; The types of crime fiction;  Classical detective fiction; Hard-boiled detective fiction; The police novel; Transgressor fictions; Vision, supervision, and the city; Crime and the body; Gender matters; Representations of race -- Discussions of individual texts.  Edgar Allan Poe: "The murders in the Rue Morgue"; Arthur Conan Doyle : The sign of four; Agatha Christie : The murder of Roger Aykroyd; Dashiell Hammett : The Maltese falcon; Raymond Chandler : The big sleep; James M. Cain : Double indemnity; Patricia Highsmith : The talented Mr. Ripley;  Chester Himes : Cotton comes to Harlem; Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö : The laughing policeman; James Ellroy : The black dahlia; Thomas Harris : The silence of the lambs; Patricia Cornwell : Unnatural exposure; Ian Rankin : The naming of the dead; Stieg Larsson : The girl with the dragon tattoo. 0aDetective and mystery storiesxHistory and criticism. 0aDetective and mystery stories, EnglishxHistory and criticism. 0aDetective and mystery stories, AmericanxHistory and criticism. 0aDetective and mystery stories, SwedishxHistory and criticism.