Key Concepts in Crime Fiction

by Heather Worthington

Overview

An insight into a popular yet complex genre that has developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The volume explores the contemporary anxieties to which crime fiction responds, along with society's changing conceptions of crime and criminality. The book covers texts, contexts and criticism in an accessible and user-friendly format.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350310322
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	08/31/2011
Series:	Key Concepts: Literature
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

HEATHER WORTHINGTON lectures in the School of English, Philosophy and Communication at Cardiff University, UK, and is the author of The Rise of the Detective in Early Nineteenth-Century Popular Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).
HEATHER WORTHINGTON lectures in the School of English, Philosophy and Communication at Cardiff University, UK.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface
Introductory Essay
Chronology
Contexts: History, Politics, Culture
Literature: Texts, Themes, Issues
Criticism: Approaches, Theory, Practice
Index.