Crime Fiction Since 1800: Detection, Death, Diversity

by Stephen Knight

Book Overview

Since its appearance nearly two centuries ago, crime fiction has gripped readers' imaginations around the world. Detectives have varied enormously: from the nineteenth-century policemen (and a few women), through stars like Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, to newly self-aware voices of the present - feminist, African American, lesbian, gay, postcolonial and postmodern.

Stephen Knight's fascinating book is a comprehensive analytic survey...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230580734
• ISBN13: 9780230580732
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"