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A C O M P A N I O N T O C RIME F ICTION EDITED BY CHARLES J. RZEPKA AND LEE HORSLEY A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication ffffiirrss..iinndddd iiiiii 1122//1144//22000099 44::5511::1133 PPMM cc0011..iinndddd 1122 1122//1144//22000099 44::4488::3399 PPMM A Companion to Crime Fiction ffffiirrss..iinndddd ii 1122//1144//22000099 44::5511::1133 PPMM Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture T his series offers comprehensive, newly written surveys of key periods and movements and certain major authors, in English literary culture and history. Extensive volumes provide new perspectives and positions on contexts and on canonical and post - canonical texts, orientating the beginning student in new fi elds of study and providing the experienced undergraduate and new graduate with current and new directions, as pioneered and developed by leading scholars in the fi eld. Published Recently 47. A Companion to William Faulkner Edited by Richard C. Moreland 48. 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If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a com petent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A companion to crime fi ction / edited by Charles J. Rzepka and Lee Horsley. p. cm. – (Blackwell companions to literature and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4051-6765-9 (alk. paper) 1. Detective and mystery stories–History and criticism. 2. Crime in literature. 3. Detective and mystery fi lms–History and criticism. I. Rzepka, Charles J. II. Horsley, Lee, 1944– PN3448.D4C557 2010 809.3′872–dc22 2009050999 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Set in 11 on 13 pt Garamond 3 by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited Printed in Singapore 1 2010 Contents List of Figures ix Notes on Contributors xi Introduction: What Is Crime Fiction? 1 Charles J. Rzepka Part I History, Criticism, Culture 11 1 From The Newgate Calendar to Sherlock Holmes 13 Heather Worthington 2 From Sherlock Holmes to the Present 28 Lee Horsley 3 Criticism and Theory 43 Heta Pyrhönen 4 Crime and the Mass Media 57 Alain Silver and James Ursini 5 Crime Fiction and the Literary Canon 76 Joel Black Part II Genre of a Thousand Faces 91 6 The Newgate Novel and the Police Casebook 93 Lauren Gillingham 7 From Sensation to the Strand 105 Christopher Pittard 8 The “Classical” Model of the Golden Age 117 Susan Rowland ffttoocc..iinndddd vv 1122//1144//22000099 44::5511::2222 PPMM vi Contents 9 Early American Crime Fiction: Origins to Urban Gothic 128 Alexander Moudrov 10 The “Hard-boiled” Genre 140 Andrew Pepper 11 The Pursuit of Crime: Characters in Crime Fiction 152 Carl Malmgren 12 Crime, Forensics, and Modern Science 164 Sarah Dauncey 13 The Police Novel 175 Peter Messent 14 Noir and the Psycho Thriller 187 Philip Simpson 15 True Crime 198 David Schmid 16 Gangs and Mobs 210 Jonathan Munby 17 Historical Crime and Detection 222 Ray B. Browne 18 Crime and the Spy Genre 233 David Seed 19 Crime and the Gothic 245 Catherine Spooner 20 Feminist Crime Fiction and Female Sleuths 258 Adrienne E. Gavin 21 African-American Detection and Crime Fiction 270 Frankie Bailey 22 Ethnic Postcolonial Crime and Detection (Anglophone) 283 Ed Christian 23 Crime Writing in Other Languages 296 Sue Neale 24 Postmodern and Metaphysical Detection 308 Patricia Merivale 25 Crime and Detective Literature for Young Readers 321 Christopher Routledge ffttoocc..iinndddd vvii 1122//1144//22000099 44::5511::2222 PPMM Contents vii 26 Crime in Comics and the Graphic Novel 332 Arthur Fried 27 Criminal Investigation on Film 344 Philippa Gates Part III Artists at Work 357 Fiction 359 28 William Godwin (1756–1836) 361 Philip Shaw 29 Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) 369 Maurice S. Lee 30 Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) 381 Andrew Mangham 31 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) 390 John A. Hodgson 32 Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) 403 Leroy Lad Panek 33 Agatha Christie (1890–1976) 415 Merja Makinen 34 James M. Cain (1892–1977) 427 William Marling 35 Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) 438 Esme Miskimmin 36 Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) 450 Jasmine Yong Hall 37 Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) 462 Alicia Borinsky 38 Chester Himes (1909–1984) 475 Stephen Soitos 39 David Goodis (1917–1967) 487 David Schmid 40 P. D. James (1920–) 495 Louise Harrington 41 Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) 503 Bran Nicol ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiii 1122//1144//22000099 44::5511::2222 PPMM viii Contents 42 Elmore Leonard (1925–) 510 Charles J. Rzepka 43 Sara Paretsky (1947–) 523 Malcah Effron 44 Walter Mosley (1952–) 531 John Gruesser Film 539 45 Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) 541 Nick Haeffner 46 Martin Scorsese (1942–) 553 Mark Desmond Nicholls 47 John Woo (1946–) 562 Karen Fang Conclusion 570 Charles J. Rzepka and Lee Horsley References 574 Index 599 ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiiiii 1122//1144//22000099 44::5511::2222 PPMM
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