Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references (p. [574]-598) and index Companion to crime fiction A COMPANION TO CRIME FICTION; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: What Is Crime Fiction?; Part I: History, Criticism, Culture; Part II: Genre of a Thousand Faces; Part III: Artists at Work; Film; References; Index; From The Newgate calendar to Sherlock Holmes / Heather Worthington -- From Sherlock Holmes to the present / Lee Horsley -- Criticism and theory / Heta Pyrhonen -- Crime and the mass media / Alain Silver, James Ursini -- Crime fiction and the literary canon / Joel Black -- The Newgate novel and the police casebook / Lauren Gillingham -- From sensation to the Strand / Christopher Pittard -- The "classical" model of the golden age / Susan Rowland -- Early American crime fiction : origins to urban gothic / Alexander Moudrov -- The "hard-boiled" genre / Andrew Pepper -- The pursuit of crime : characters in crime fiction / Carl Malmgren -- Crime, forensics, and modern science / Sarah Dauncey -- The police novel / Peter Messent -- Noir and the psycho-thriller / Philip Simpson -- True crime / David Schmid -- Gangs and mobs / Jonathan Munby -- Historical crime and detection / Ray B. Browne -- Crime and the spy genre / David Seed -- Crime and the gothic / Catherine Spooner -- Feminist crime fiction and female sleuths / Adrienne Gavin -- African-American detection and crime fiction / Frankie Bailey -- Ethnic postcolonial crime and detection (Anglophone) / Ed Christian -- Crime writing in other languages / Sue Neale -- Postmodern and metaphysical detection / Patricia Merivale -- Crime and detective literature for young readers / Christopher Routledge -- Crime in comics and the graphic novel / Arthur Fried -- Criminal investigation on film / Philippa Gates -- William Godwin (1756-1836) / Philip Shaw -- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) / Maurice Lee -- Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) / Andrew Mangham -- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) / John Hodgson -- Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) / Leroy Panek -- Agatha Christie (1890-1976) / Merja Makinen -- James M. Cain (1892-1977) / William Marling -- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) / Esme Miskimmin -- Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) / Jasmine Hall -- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) / Alicia Borinsky -- Chester Himes (1909-1984) / Stephen Soitos -- David Goodis (1917-1967) / David Schmid -- P.D. James (1920- ) / Louise Harrington -- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) / Bran Nicol -- Elmore Leonard (1925- ) / Charles J. Rzepka -- Sara Paretsky (1947- ) / Malcah Effron -- Walter Mosley (1952- ) / John Gruesser -- Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) / Nick Haeffner -- Martin Scorsese (1942- ) / Mark Desmond Nicholls -- John Woo (1946- ) / Karen Fang From The Newgate calendar to Sherlock Holmes / Heather Worthington From Sherlock Holmes to the present / Lee Horsley Criticism and theory / Heta Pyrhonen Crime and the mass media / Alain Silver, James Ursini Crime fiction and the literary canon / Joel Black The Newgate novel and the police casebook / Lauren Gillingham From sensation to the Strand / Christopher Pittard The "classical" model of the golden age / Susan Rowland Early American crime fiction : origins to urban gothic / Alexander Moudrov The "hard-boiled" genre / Andrew Pepper The pursuit of crime : characters in crime fiction / Carl Malmgren Crime, forensics, and modern science / Sarah Dauncey The police novel / Peter Messent Noir and the psycho-thriller / Philip Simpson True crime / David Schmid Gangs and mobs / Jonathan Munby Historical crime and detection / Ray B. Browne Crime and the spy genre / David Seed Crime and the gothic / Catherine Spooner Feminist crime fiction and female sleuths / Adrienne Gavin African-American detection and crime fiction / Frankie Bailey Ethnic postcolonial crime and detection (Anglophone) / Ed Christian Crime writing in other languages / Sue Neale Postmodern and metaphysical detection / Patricia Merivale Crime and detective literature for young readers / Christopher Routledge Crime in comics and the graphic novel / Arthur Fried Criminal investigation on film / Philippa Gates William Godwin (1756-1836) / Philip Shaw Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) / Maurice Lee Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) / Andrew Mangham Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) / John Hodgson Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) / Leroy Panek Agatha Christie (1890-1976) / Merja Makinen James M. Cain (1892-1977) / William Marling Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) / Esme Miskimmin Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) / Jasmine Hall Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) / Alicia Borinsky Chester Himes (1909-1984) / Stephen Soitos David Goodis (1917-1967) / David Schmid P.D. James (1920- ) / Louise Harrington Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) / Bran Nicol Elmore Leonard (1925- ) / Charles J. Rzepka Sara Paretsky (1947- ) / Malcah Effron Walter Mosley (1952- ) / John Gruesser Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) / Nick Haeffner Martin Scorsese (1942- ) / Mark Desmond Nicholls John Woo (1946- ) / Karen Fang. |
