Key concepts in crime fiction /

"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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Worthington, Heather, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Palgrave key concepts. Literature.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents:
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  • General Editors' Preface
  • Introductory Essay
  • Chronology
  • Contexts: History, Politics, Culture
  • Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues
  • Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice
  • Index.