Classic detective fiction -- Hard-boiled detective fiction -- Transgression and pathology -- Crime fiction as socio-political critique -- Black appropriations -- Regendering the genre.
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"Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction aims to enhance understanding of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction by examining a wide variety of the detective and crime fiction produced in Britain and America during the twentieth century. It introduces different theoretical approaches to crime fiction (e.g., formalist, historicist, psychoanalytic, post-colonial, feminist) and will be a useful supplement to a range of crime fiction courses, whether they focus on historical contexts, ideological shifts, the emergence of sub-genres, or the application of critical theories. Forty-seven widely available stories and novels are chosen for detailed discussion."--Jacket.
American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Crime in literature.
Detective and mystery stories, American-- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Popular literature-- English-speaking countries-- History and criticism.