A Companion to Crime Fiction - Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day. A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography A Guide To The Popular Genre, 'a Companion To Crime Fiction' Traces Its Origins In The 18th Century To The Present Day. It Brings Together A Series Of 47 Original Essays From Some Of The World's Leading Authorities. From The Newgate Calendar To Sherlock Holmes / Heather Worthington -- From Sherlock Holmes To The Present / Lee Horsley -- Criticism And Theory / Heta Pyrhonen -- Crime And The Mass Media / Alain Silver, James Ursini -- Crime Fiction And The Literary Canon / Joel Black -- The Newgate Novel And The Police Casebook / Lauren Gillingham -- From Sensation To The Strand / Christopher Pittard -- The Classical Model Of The Golden Age / Susan Rowland -- Early American Crime Fiction : Origins To Urban Gothic / Alexander Moudrov -- The Hard-boiled Genre / Andrew Pepper -- The Pursuit Of Crime : Characters In Crime Fiction / Carl Malmgren -- Crime, Forensics, And Modern Science / Sarah Dauncey -- The Police Novel / Peter Messent -- Noir And The Psycho-thriller / Philip Simpson -- True Crime / David Schmid -- Gangs And Mobs / Jonathan Munby -- Historical Crime And Detection / Ray B. Browne -- Crime And The Spy Genre / David Seed -- Crime And The Gothic / Catherine Spooner --^ Feminist Crime Fiction And Female Sleuths / Adrienne Gavin -- African-american Detection And Crime Fiction / Frankie Bailey -- Ethnic Postcolonial Crime And Detection (anglophone) / Ed Christian -- Crime Writing In Other Languages / Sue Neale -- Postmodern And Metaphysical Detection / Patricia Merivale -- Crime And Detective Literature For Young Readers / Christopher Routledge -- Crime In Comics And The Graphic Novel / Arthur Fried -- Criminal Investigation On Film / Philippa Gates -- William Godwin (1756-1836) / Philip Shaw -- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) / Maurice Lee -- Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) / Andrew Mangham -- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) / John Hodgson -- Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) / Leroy Panek -- Agatha Christie (1890-1976) / Merja Makinen -- James M. Cain (1892-1977) / William Marling -- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) / Esme Miskimmin -- Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) / Jasmine Hall -- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) / Alicia Borinsky --^ Chester Himes (1909-1984) / Stephen Soitos -- David Goodis (1917-1967) / David Schmid -- P.d. James (1920- ) / Louise Harrington -- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) / Bran Nicol -- Elmore Leonard (1925- ) / Charles J. Rzepka -- Sara Paretsky (1947- ) / Malcah Effron -- Walter Mosley (1952- ) / John Gruesser -- Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) / Nick Haeffner -- Martin Scorsese (1942- ) / Mark Desmond Nicholls -- John Woo (1946- ) / Karen Fang. Edited By Charles J. Rzepka And Lee Horsley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.