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From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell : British women writers in detective and crime fiction / Susan Rowland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowland, Susan, 1962-
- Series:
- Crime files series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966.
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976--Criticism and interpretation.
- Christie, Agatha.
- Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966--Criticism and interpretation.
- Allingham, Margery.
- Rendell, Ruth, 1930-2015--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rendell, Ruth.
- Rendell, Ruth, 1930-2015.
- English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--Women authors.
- Physical Description:
- x, 222 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
- Summary:
- Since its invention in the nineteenth century, detective fiction has never been more popular. In novels, short stories, films, radio, television and now in computer games, private detectives and psychopaths, prim poisoners and overworked cops, tommy gun gangsters and cocaine criminals are the very stuff of modern imagination, and their creators one mainstay of popular consciousness. Crime Files is a ground-breaking series offering scholars, students and discerning readers a comprehensive set of guides to the world of crime and detective fiction. Every aspect of crime writing, detective fiction, gangster movie, true-crime expose, police procedural and post-colonial investigation is explored through clear and informative texts offering comprehensive coverage and theoretical sophistication.
- Contents:
- 1 Lives of Crime 1
- 2 Gendering the Genre 15
- 3 Social Negotiations: Class, Crime and Power 39
- 4 Lands of Hope and Glory? Englishness, Race and Colonialism 62
- 5 Detecting Psychoanalysis: Readers, Criminals and Narrative 86
- 6 Gothic Crimes: A Literature of Terror and Horror 110
- 7 The Spirits of Detection 135
- 8 Feminism Is Criminal 157
- Appendix A The Complete Detective and Crime Novels of the Six Authors 181
- Appendix B A Conversation with Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine 192
- Appendix C A Conversation with P.D. James 196.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333674502
- 033368463X
- OCLC:
- 44167164
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