Title:
Crime fiction : a very short introduction / Richard Bradford.
Author:
Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
PN3448.D4 B648 2015
Abstract:
"Tells the story of the developing genre of crime fiction, from its 18th century origins in Britain to its contemporary international scope. Ranging from drawing-room murder mysteries to spy fiction, legal dramas, and thrillers, Bradford explores the conventions of the genre, and considers how crime writers have worked to escape the limitations it places on them."--Front flap.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199658787
Series:
Very short introductions ; 429
Very short introductions ; 429.
Physical Description:
134 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Origins -- The two ages : golden and hard-boiled -- Transitions -- International crime fiction -- Gender -- Spy fiction, the thriller and legal drama -- Can crime fiction be taken seriously?
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