The Messent, Peter B. creator text bibliography enk Chichester, West Sussex, UK Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell 2013 monographic eng

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x, 262 p. ; 23 cm. The 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. Peter Messent. Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index. e-uk--- n-us--- e-sw--- Detective and mystery stories History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, English History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, Swedish History and criticism PN3448.D4 M435 2013 809.3872 MES 9780470657034 9780470657041 2012008956 DLC 120312 20250703155539.0 17206748