The Cambridge companion to American crime fiction / edited by Catherine Ross Nickerson.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: xii, 190 p. ; 24 cm. P.BISBN: 9780521136068 (pbk.)Subject(s): Detective and mystery stories, AmericanDDC classification: 813.087209 Online resources: Click here to access online
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St. Xavier's University, Kolkata Reference Section | Reference | R 813.087209 CAM (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 5605 | Not For Loan | UA215 |
Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction Catherine Ross Nickerson; 2. Early crime writing Sara Crosby; 3. Poe and the origins of detective fiction Stephen Rachman; 4. Women writers before 1960 Catherine Ross Nickerson; 5. The hard-boiled novel Sean McCann; 6. The American Roman Noir Andrew Pepper; 7. Teenage detectives and teenage delinquents Ilana Nash; 8. The American spy novel David Seed; 9. Police procedurals in literature and on television Eddy Von Mueller; 10. Mafia stories and the US gangster Fred L. Gardaphe; 11. True crime Laura Browder; 12. Race and American crime fiction Maureen T. Reddy; 13. Feminist crime fiction Margaret Kinsman; 14. Crime and post-modern fiction Susan Elizabeth Sweeney; American crime fiction: a chronology; Guide to reading; Index.
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