Nice and noir : contemporary American crime fiction / Richard B. Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Richard B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, American.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Crime in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Owners of mystery bookshops will tell you that there are several sorts of buyers: those who purchase on impulse or whim; genre addicts who buy paperbacks by the week and by the armful; and those who have caught up on canonical texts and regularly buy new novels by select authors in hardcover. Richard B. Schwartz belongs in the last group, with his own list of approximately seventy favorite writers. Nice and Noir: Contemporary American Crime Fiction explores the work of these writers, building upon a reading of almost seven hundred novels from the 1980s and 1990s. By looking at recurring themes in these mysteries, Schwartz offers readers new ways to approach the works in relation to contemporary cultural concerns.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Frontiers and Borders Chapter I

Eternal Vigilance Chapter II

The Never Ending Story Chapter III

The Avenging Angel Chapter IV

Together in the Wilderness Chapter V

The Electric Mist Chapter VI

The Fun House Chapter VII

Live and Learn Chapter VIII

Cross Over Chapter IX

Afterword

For Further Reading

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-166) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6309-7

OCLC:

70724620