A Companion to Crime Fiction

by Rzepka, Charles J.
ISBN: 9781405167659
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Overview

A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
  • A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction
  • Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity
  • Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field
  • Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Rzepka, Charles J.
  • ISBN: 9781405167659
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 9.70 x 1.50
  • Number Of Pages: 650
  • Publication Year: 2010
Language: English