The Cambridge Companion to American Crime Fiction

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521136067
• ISBN13: 9780521136068
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"