Scene of the Crime : : the Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction
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Call Number: 809.387 Ge
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors, this book focuses on ways that setting and place figure in modern crime and mystery novels. After an introductory chapter dealing with general consideration of place in fiction, subsequent chapters consider the works of recent mystery writers for whom setting greatly contributes to overall literary style"--Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: v, 217 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780786432981 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786432985 (softcover : alk. paper)
SUBJECTS
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Popular literature -- History and criticism.