Detective Fiction

by Charles J. Rzepka

Book Overview

Detective Fiction is a clear and compelling look at some of the best known, yet least-understood, characters and texts of the modern day. Charles J. Rzepka traces the history of the genre from its modern beginnings in the early eighteenth century, with the criminal broadsheets and 'true' crime stories of The Newgate Calendar, to its present state of diversity, innovation, and worldwide diffusion, in a manner that students and scholars alike will find...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745629423
• ISBN13: 9780745629421
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"