Crime Scenes: Modern Crime Fiction in an International Context examines the ways in which crime fiction has developed over several decades and in several national literary traditions. The volume covers a wide spectrum of current interests and topical concerns in the field of crime fiction studies. It introduces twenty-four original essays by an international group of scholars divided among three main sections: -Genres-, -Authors and Texts- and -Topics-. Issues discussed include genre syncretism, intertextuality, sexuality and gender, nationhood and globalization, postcolonial...
Crime Scenes: Modern Crime Fiction in an International Context examines the ways in which crime fiction has developed over several decades and ...
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, crime fiction remains one of the most popular genres among both readers and writers. This compilation of essays attempts to trace the reasons behind this ongoing popularity as well as to offer a closer reading of a number of crime fiction texts from English, American, Swedish, Italian, Japanese and other national literatures. It contains twenty-one original essays written by scholars and practitioners of crime fiction which discuss key concepts in the field of crime fiction studies: generic diversity, the evolution of characters, the growing...
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, crime fiction remains one of the most popular genres among both readers and writers. This compilatio...
