Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeIntroduction: What is Crime Fiction? (Charles J. Rzepka). Part I: History, Criticism, Culture 1. From the Newgate Calendar to Sherlock Holmes (Heather Worthington). 2. From Sherlock Holmes to the Present (Lee Horsley). 3. Criticism and Theory - (Heta Pyrhonen). 4. Crime and the Mass Media (Alain Silver and James Ursini). 5. Crime Fiction and the Literary Canon (Joel Black). Part 2: Genre of a Thousand Faces 6. The Newgate Novel and the Police Casebook - Lauren Gillingham 7. From Sensation to The Strand (Christopher Pittard). 8. The "Classical" Model of the Golden Age (Susan Rowland). 9. Early American Crime Fiction: Origins to Urban Gothic (Alexander Moudrov). 10. The "Hard-Boiled" Genre (Andrew Pepper). 11. The Pursuit of Crime: Characters in Crime Fiction (Carl Malmgren). 12. Crime, Forensics, and Modern Science (Sarah Dauncey). 13. Police Novel (Peter Messent). 14. Noir and the Psycho-Thriller (Philip Simpson). 15. True Crime (David Schmid). 16. Gangs and Mobs (Jonathan Munby). 17. Historical Crime and Detection (Ray B. Browne) 18. Crime and the Spy genre (David Seed). 19. Crime and the Gothic (Catherine Spooner). 20. Feminist Crime Fiction and Female Sleuths (Adrienne Gavin) 21. AfricanAmerican Detection and Crime Fiction (Frankie Bailey). 22. Ethnic Postcolonial Crime and Detection (Anglophone) (Ed Christian). 23. Crime Writing in Other Languages (Sue Neale). 24. Postmodern and Metaphysical Detection (Patricia Merivale). 25. Crime and Detective Literature for Young Readers (Christopher Routledge). 26. Crime in Comics and the Graphic Novel (Arthur Fried). 27. Criminal Investigation on Film (Philippa Gates). Part 3: Artists at Work Fiction: 28. William Godwin (1756-1836) - Philip Shaw 29. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - Maurice Lee 30. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) - Andrew Mangham 31. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - John Hodgson 32. Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) - Leroy Panek 33. Agatha Christie (1890-1976) - Merja Makinen 34. James M. Cain (1892-1977) - William Marling 35. Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) - Esme Miskimmin 36. Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) - Jasmine Hall 37. Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) - Alicia Borinsky 38. Chester Himes (1909-1984) - Stephen Soitos 39. David Goodis (1917-1967) - David Schmid 40. P. D. James (1920- ) - Louise Harrington 41. Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) - Bran Nicol 42. Elmore Leonard (1925- ) -Charles J. Rzepka 43. Sara Paretsky (1947- ) - Malcah Effron 44. Walter Mosley (1952- ) - John Gruesser Film: 45. Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) - Nick Haeffner 46. Martin Scorsese (1942- ) - Mark Desmond Nicholls 47. John Woo (1946- ) - Karen Fang Conclusion Lee Horsley and Charles J. Rzepka
Autorenporträt
InhaltsangabeIntroduction: What is Crime Fiction? (Charles J. Rzepka). Part I: History, Criticism, Culture 1. From the Newgate Calendar to Sherlock Holmes (Heather Worthington). 2. From Sherlock Holmes to the Present (Lee Horsley). 3. Criticism and Theory - (Heta Pyrhonen). 4. Crime and the Mass Media (Alain Silver and James Ursini). 5. Crime Fiction and the Literary Canon (Joel Black). Part 2: Genre of a Thousand Faces 6. The Newgate Novel and the Police Casebook - Lauren Gillingham 7. From Sensation to The Strand (Christopher Pittard). 8. The "Classical" Model of the Golden Age (Susan Rowland). 9. Early American Crime Fiction: Origins to Urban Gothic (Alexander Moudrov). 10. The "Hard-Boiled" Genre (Andrew Pepper). 11. The Pursuit of Crime: Characters in Crime Fiction (Carl Malmgren). 12. Crime, Forensics, and Modern Science (Sarah Dauncey). 13. Police Novel (Peter Messent). 14. Noir and the Psycho-Thriller (Philip Simpson). 15. True Crime (David Schmid). 16. Gangs and Mobs (Jonathan Munby). 17. Historical Crime and Detection (Ray B. Browne) 18. Crime and the Spy genre (David Seed). 19. Crime and the Gothic (Catherine Spooner). 20. Feminist Crime Fiction and Female Sleuths (Adrienne Gavin) 21. AfricanAmerican Detection and Crime Fiction (Frankie Bailey). 22. Ethnic Postcolonial Crime and Detection (Anglophone) (Ed Christian). 23. Crime Writing in Other Languages (Sue Neale). 24. Postmodern and Metaphysical Detection (Patricia Merivale). 25. Crime and Detective Literature for Young Readers (Christopher Routledge). 26. Crime in Comics and the Graphic Novel (Arthur Fried). 27. Criminal Investigation on Film (Philippa Gates). Part 3: Artists at Work Fiction: 28. William Godwin (1756-1836) - Philip Shaw 29. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - Maurice Lee 30. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) - Andrew Mangham 31. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - John Hodgson 32. Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) - Leroy Panek 33. Agatha Christie (1890-1976) - Merja Makinen 34. James M. Cain (1892-1977) - William Marling 35. Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) - Esme Miskimmin 36. Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) - Jasmine Hall 37. Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) - Alicia Borinsky 38. Chester Himes (1909-1984) - Stephen Soitos 39. David Goodis (1917-1967) - David Schmid 40. P. D. James (1920- ) - Louise Harrington 41. Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) - Bran Nicol 42. Elmore Leonard (1925- ) -Charles J. Rzepka 43. Sara Paretsky (1947- ) - Malcah Effron 44. Walter Mosley (1952- ) - John Gruesser Film: 45. Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) - Nick Haeffner 46. Martin Scorsese (1942- ) - Mark Desmond Nicholls 47. John Woo (1946- ) - Karen Fang Conclusion Lee Horsley and Charles J. Rzepka
