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A Companion to Crime Fiction
Charles J. Rzepka (Edited by), CJ Rzepka (Author), Lee Horsley (Edited by)
9781405167659, Wiley
Hardback, published 19 February 2010
650 pages
25.4 x 18.3 x 4.3 cm, 1.297 kg
"Including a helpful introduction by Rzepka and conclusion by both editors, the volume is a welcome addition to the impressive "Blackwell Companion to Literature and Culture" series and to scholarship on crime and detective literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. " (Choice, 1July 2011) "Whilst the editors admit that the collection is not entirely representative (there is no mention of Japanese manga, for instance, or any consideration of hybrids of crime and science fiction), this companion offers an encyclopaedic account of crime fiction and its generic cross-fertilisations, and is an essential guide for students and scholars alike." (Routledge ABES, 2011) "This substantial and informative book covers a wide variety of themes within the genre and also a long time span from the eighteenth century to the present . . . It will give all aficionados of the genre hours of enjoyment. It is indeed a trusty companion that will entertain and add to our knowledge." (Reference Reviews, 2011) "It will give all aficionados of the genre hours of enjoyment. It is indeed a trusty companion that will entertain and add to our knowledge." (Languages & Literature, 2011) "In all, despite its shortcomings in terms of narratology and a few logical inconsistencies, Rzepka and Horsley's Companion to Crime Fiction offers a broad-ranging and well-argued introduction to this field of popular culture. Beginning students will certainly profit from its thematic diversity and wide historical reach." (Kult Online, 2011) "A Companion to Crime Fiction goes into enormous detail but is reasonably easy to read. It is not an academic-styled book but a guide to how crime fiction has developed over time to accommodate an increasingly demanding audience/reader. With essays from some of the most educated scholars in this field of research, the reader gains a greater understanding in terms of a general overview of the genre, individual authors and producers of film, the blurred lines between crime fiction and other genres and an in depth, well researched analysis of crime fiction itself." (M/C Reviews, November 2010)
"Several of the contributors praise books and authors long out of print. Hopefully, this companion will encourage readers and librarians to hunt them down and enjoy." (Book News, 1 March 2011)
A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day
List of Figures ix Notes on Contributors xi Introduction: What Is Crime Fiction? 1 Part I History, Criticism, Culture 11 1 From The Newgate Calendar to Sherlock Holmes 13 2 From Sherlock Holmes to the Present 28 3 Criticism and Theory 43 4 Crime and the Mass Media 57 5 Crime Fiction and the Literary Canon 76 Part II Genre of a Thousand Faces 91 6 The Newgate Novel and the Police Casebook 93 7 From Sensation to the Strand 105 8 The “Classical” Model of the Golden Age 117 9 Early American Crime Fiction: Origins to Urban Gothic 128 10 The “Hard-boiled” Genre 140 11 The Pursuit of Crime: Characters in Crime Fiction 152 12 Crime, Forensics, and Modern Science 164 13 The Police Novel 175 14 Noir and the Psycho Thriller 187 15 True Crime 198 16 Gangs and Mobs 210 17 Historical Crime and Detection 222 18 Crime and the Spy Genre 233 19 Crime and the Gothic 245 20 Feminist Crime Fiction and Female Sleuths 258 21 African-American Detection and Crime Fiction 270 22 Ethnic Postcolonial Crime and Detection (Anglophone) 283 23 Crime Writing in Other Languages 296 24 Postmodern and Metaphysical Detection 308 25 Crime and Detective Literature for Young Readers 321 26 Crime in Comics and the Graphic Novel 332 27 Criminal Investigation on Film 344 Part III Artists at Work 357 Fiction 359 28 William Godwin (1756–1836) 361 29 Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) 369 30 Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) 381 31 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) 390 32 Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) 403 33 Agatha Christie (1890–1976) 415 34 James M. Cain (1892–1977) 427 35 Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) 438 36 Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) 450 37 Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) 462 38 Chester Himes (1909–1984) 475 39 David Goodis (1917–1967) 487 40 P. D. James (1920–) 495 41 Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) 503 42 Elmore Leonard (1925–) 510 43 Sara Paretsky (1947–) 523 44 Walter Mosley (1952–) 531 Film 539 45 Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) 541 46 Martin Scorsese (1942–) 553 47 John Woo (1946–) 562 Conclusion 570 References 574 Index 599
Charles J. Rzepka
Heather Worthington
Lee Horsley
Heta Pyrhönen
Alain Silver and James Ursini
Joel Black
Lauren Gillingham
Christopher Pittard
Susan Rowland
Alexander Moudrov
Andrew Pepper
Carl Malmgren
Sarah Dauncey
Peter Messent
Philip Simpson
David Schmid
Jonathan Munby
Ray B. Browne
David Seed
Catherine Spooner
Adrienne E. Gavin
Frankie Bailey
Ed Christian
Sue Neale
Patricia Merivale
Christopher Routledge
Arthur Fried
Philippa Gates
Philip Shaw
Maurice S. Lee
Andrew Mangham
John A. Hodgson
Leroy Lad Panek
Merja Makinen
William Marling
Esme Miskimmin
Jasmine Yong Hall
Alicia Borinsky
Stephen Soitos
David Schmid
Louise Harrington
Bran Nicol
Charles J. Rzepka
Malcah Effron
John Gruesser
Nick Haeffner
Mark Desmond Nicholls
Karen Fang
Charles J. Rzepka and Lee Horsley
Subject Areas: Language: reference & general [CB]
