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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 September 2010
      08 July 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511762840
      9780521199377
      9780521136068
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521199377
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 208 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.34kg, 208 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopranos, crime writing has played an important role in American culture. Its ability to register fear, desire and anxiety has made it a popular genre with a wide audience. These new essays, written for students as well as readers of crime fiction, demonstrate the very best in contemporary scholarship and challenge long-established notions of the development of the detective novel. Each chapter covers a sub-genre, from 'true crime' to hard-boiled novels, illustrating the ways in which 'popular' and 'high' literary genres influence and shape each other. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this Companion is a helpful guide for students of American literature and readers of crime fiction.

    Reviews

    "Fourteen essays by academics include some valuable history and analysis..."
    -John L. Breen

    ..."the Companion succeeds in presenting the richness and diversity of works that form the genre, and the many ways in which crime fiction remains enormously relevant to the popular cultures of today."
    -Tarik Abdel-Monem,University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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