[PDF] Crime Fiction A Readers Guide eBook

Author : Barry Forshaw
Publisher : Oldcastle Books Ltd
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0857303368

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Are you a lover of crime fiction looking for new discoveries or hoping to rediscover old favourites? Then look no further. There are few contemporary crime fiction guides that cover everything from the golden age to current bestselling writers from America, Britain and all across the world, but the award-winning Barry Forshaw, one of the UK's leading experts in the field, has provided a truly comprehensive survey with definitive coverage in this expanded new edition of the much admired Rough Guide to Crime Fiction. Every major writer is included, along with many other more esoteric choices. Focusing on a key book (or books) by each writer, and with essays on key crime genres, Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide (with a foreword by Ian Rankin) is designed to be both a crime fan's shopping list and a pithy, opinionated but unstuffy reference tool and history. Most judgements are generous (though not uncritical), and there is a host of entertaining, informed entries on related films and TV. 'Most comprehensive, accessible and readable guides to noir crime fiction' - Times 'An essential volume for the crime and thriller aficionado' - Shots Magazine 'Exemplary tour of the crime landscape... supremely readable' - Independent

Author : Peter Messent
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 29,86 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118326547

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The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and political anxieties at its heart. Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions

Author : Barry Forshaw
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 2007-07-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1405383879

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The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world’s most popular literary genre. The insider’s book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You’ll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. Complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams ...all the evidence that counts

Author : B. Forshaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 39,95 MB
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230363504

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Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .

Author : Martin Roth
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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A comprehensive reference for writers of mysteries, thrillers, action/adventure, true crime, police procedurals, romantic suspense, and psychological mysteries--whether novels or scripts--covering numerous aspects of crime, outlining general rules of thumb, as well as specific policies and procedures of various law enforcement agencies. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Rosalind Stopps
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 10,50 MB
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008302634

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The brand-new book from a powerful literary voice, author of The Stranger She Knew, shortlisted for the Paul Torday Prize.

Author : Richard Bleiler
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 1999-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1563083809

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An annotated guide to reference works that document and describe the primary and secondary literature of mystery and detective fiction.

Author : Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838997198

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This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres.

Author : Gary Warren Niebuhr
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 20,26 MB
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Presents a comprehensive guide for mystery and detective fiction, compiling over 2,500 titles from more than 200 authors and including plot overviews, a history of the genre, and a discussion on collection development.

Author : Charles J. Rzepka
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 25,20 MB
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1119675774

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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