This title is an analytic survey of crime fiction from its origins in the 19th century to the most contemporary developments. Stephen Knight explains how and why the various forms of the genre evolved, explores major authors and movements, and argues...
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This title is an analytic survey of crime fiction from its origins in the 19th century to the most contemporary developments. Stephen 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
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I DETECTION -- 1 Beginnings -- i Before Detection -- ii Enter the Detective -- iii Realistic Police -- iv Edgar Allan Poe's Initiative -- 2 The Development of Detection -- i Plain English Detection -- ii Sensation -- iii Gaboriau and the 1870s-1880s -- iv Detective Apotheosis: Sherlock Holmes -- PART II DEATH -- 3 After Sherlock Holmes -- i Enter Death -- ii Scientific Detectives -- iii Ironic Anti-Heroes -- iv Low-level Detection -- v Women on the Case -- 4 The Clue-puzzle Forms -- i Had They But Known -- ii How Golden Was the Age? -- iii Golden Royalty: Agatha Christie -- iv American Gold -- v English Variations -- vi Supporting Cast -- vii Themes and Explanations -- 5 The American Version -- i Origins and Attitudes -- ii Hammett's Initiative -- iii Chandler's Variation -- iv Other American Crime Writers -- v The Crime Novelists -- vi The 'Tough Guy' Abroad -- PART III DIVERSITY -- 6 Continuities with Change -- i After the 'Golden Age' in Britain -- ii The Private Eye Modernised -- iii Other Continuities -- iv The Psychothriller -- 7 Police Procedures -- i Origins -- ii Consciously Police Procedural -- iii After McBain -- 8 Diversifying the Viewpoint: Gender -- i Towards Feminist Detection -- ii Feminist Detection in America -- iii Feminist Detectives in Britain -- iv The Lesbian Detective -- v Male Gay Detection -- 9 Diversifying the Viewpoint: Race -- i African-American Crime Fiction -- ii Black Women Detectives -- iii Other American Ethnicities -- 10 At the Cutting Edge -- i Postmodern Crime Fiction -- ii Generic Violence -- A Chronology of Crime Fiction -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
