Crime Fiction, 1800-2000: Detection, Death, Diversity - Hardcover

Knight, Stephen Thomas

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9780333791783: Crime Fiction, 1800-2000: Detection, Death, Diversity

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ISBN 10: 0333791789 ISBN 13: 9780333791783

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

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Stephen Knight's book is a full analytic survey of crime fiction from its origins in the nineteenth century to the most recent developments. Knight explains how and why the various forms of the genre evolved, explores major authors and movements, and argues that the genre as a whole has three parts: the early development of Detection, the growing emphasis on Death, and the modern celebration of Diversity. The best criticism is cited and the book provides full references and a helpful chronology, making this a highly-readable complete study of a popular and still relatively underexamined genre.

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About the Author:

Stephen Knight is Professor of English Literature, Cardiff University, UK.

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"Stephen Knight's book is an excellent narrative introduction to crime and detective fiction in the last two hundred years, providing a wealth of detail which will have a very strong appeal to students and which will fill a major gap in the market."--Clive Bloom, Middlesex University
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