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Pages: 229
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07-16 - Publisher: Springer

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This book is a study of the 'mothers' of the mystery genre. Traditionally the invention of crime writing has been ascribed to Poe, Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyl
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Pages: 258
Authors: Erika Janik
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-26 - Publisher: Beacon Press

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A lively exploration of the struggles faced by women in law enforcement and mystery fiction for the past 175 years In 1910, Alice Wells took the oath to join th
Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Megan Hoffman
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-17 - Publisher: Springer

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This book provides an original and compelling analysis of the ways in which British women’s golden age crime narratives negotiate the conflicting social and c
Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 153
Authors: Richard Bradford
Categories: Literary Criticism
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Crime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots in works as varied as Sophocles, Herodotus, and Shakespeare. In this
The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: Martin Priestman
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-11-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussin