Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction: An Encyclopedia from Able Team to Z-Comm
ISBN: 9780786441655 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendletons The Executioner in 1969. This is the first overview of the serial vigilante genre, which featured such hard-boiled protagonists as Nick Carter, Mark Stone, Jake Brand and Able Team among the 130 series that followed Pendleton's novel. Serial vigilantes repeatedly take the law into their own hands, establishing and imposing their own moral standards, usually by force. The book examines the connections between the serial vigilante and the pulp hero that preceded him and how the serial...
Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendletons The Executioner in 1969. This is the first ov...
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238,85 zł |
Making Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris
ISBN: 9780313356247 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Making Murder" takes readers deep into the work of Thomas Harris and his iconic creation, Hannibal Lecter one of modern fiction's most unforgettable characters. A former crime reporter, Harris's exhaustive research techniques have included extensive time with the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit studying actual serial killers. Like no other available volume, the book explores the dark heart within Harris's novels the unflinching look at evil that makes them so much more than just "good reads." "Making Murder" looks at all five of Harris's novels, starting with the suspenseful terrorist... "Making Murder" takes readers deep into the work of Thomas Harris and his iconic creation, Hannibal Lecter one of modern fiction's most unforgetta... |
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442,89 zł |
Against the New Gods and Other Essays on Writers of Imaginative Fiction
ISBN: 9781434457431 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eight highly-readable essays on science fiction and fantasy writers, including David Brin, Jonathan Carroll, Samuel R. Delany, Joe Haldeman, Robert Irwin, Graham Joyce, Michael Shea, plus a major piece, "Against the New Gods," on British SF and crime writer Sydney Fowler Wright. Complete with Bibliography and Index.
Eight highly-readable essays on science fiction and fantasy writers, including David Brin, Jonathan Carroll, Samuel R. Delany, Joe Haldeman, Robert Ir...
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69,80 zł |
John Dickson Carr: A Critical Study
ISBN: 9780879724771 / Angielski / Twarda / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Dickson Carr is known as the master of the locked-room mystery--the impossible crime. But Carr also wrote short stories, radio plays, essays, introductions, and book reviews. S. T. Joshi has written the first full-length study of Carr's entire work and pays particular attention to this author's three best-known detectives: Henri Bencolin, Dr. Gideon Fell, and Sir Henry Merrivale.
John Dickson Carr is known as the master of the locked-room mystery--the impossible crime. But Carr also wrote short stories, radio plays, essays, int...
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215,58 zł |
Comic Crime
ISBN: 9780879723842 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.
The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point hig...
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62,16 zł |
The Defective Detective in the Pulps
ISBN: 9780879722364 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world of the defective detective was a strange one. Continuing the motif of the mythological hero, this unique detective type emerged in the 1930s in a very imperfect and threatened society. The stories reprinted in this volume reveal just how widely the genre ranged during the Depression. The world of the defective detective was a strange one. Continuing the motif of the mythological hero, this unique detective type emerged in the 19... |
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58,00 zł |
Twelve Englishmen of Mystery
ISBN: 9780879722500 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are hundreds of satisfactory and satisfying British mystery writers whose works should be studied both for their own individual accomplishments and for their comments on the society in which they were published, in the last 150 years, but who have not received any critical comment lately. This volume is designed to correct that fault in a dozen of those unjustifiably neglected British authors: Wilkie Collins, A.E.W. Mason, G.K. Chesterton, H.C. Bailey, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Nicholas Blake, Michael Gilbert, Julian Symons, Dick Francis, Edmund Crispin, H.R.F. Keating, and Simon Brett.
There are hundreds of satisfactory and satisfying British mystery writers whose works should be studied both for their own individual accomplishments ...
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53,84 zł |
Ten Women of Mystery
ISBN: 9780879721732 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume, which examines the special contributions of a number of women mystery writers, sheds light on this significant example of common interests in recreational reading among women and men and the reasons behind the early and continuing uncharacteristic near-equality of both sexes in this field of endeavor.
This volume, which examines the special contributions of a number of women mystery writers, sheds light on this significant example of common interest...
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49,69 zł |
Holocaust as Fiction: Bernhard Schlink's "nazi" Novels and Their Films
ISBN: 9780230108073 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Holocaust as Fiction seeks to explain and critically evaluate the extraordinary success of Schlink's internationally acclaimed novel, The Reader, the widely read "Selb" detective trilogy, and two popular films based closely on his work.
Holocaust as Fiction seeks to explain and critically evaluate the extraordinary success of Schlink's internationally acclaimed novel, The Reader, the ...
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326,17 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to American Crime Fiction
ISBN: 9780521199377 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopranos, crime writing has played an important role in American culture. Its ability to register fear, desire and anxiety has made it a popular genre with a wide audience. These new essays, written for students as well as readers of crime fiction, demonstrate the very best in contemporary scholarship and challenge long-established notions of the development of the detective novel. Each chapter covers a sub-genre, from true crime' to hard-boiled novels, illustrating the ways in which popular' and high'...
From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopranos, crime writing has played an important role in Am...
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The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith
ISBN: 9780312363819 / Angielski / Miękka / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt is now a major motion picture (Carol) starring Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska, directed by Todd Hayes Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt is now a major motion picture (Carol) starring Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska, directed ... |
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Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature: Duelling with Danger
ISBN: 9780230273450 / Angielski / Twarda / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of body armour to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism.
Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. ...
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191,85 zł |
The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time
ISBN: 9780312610562 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fascinating stories behind what have been rightly called the "hottest books on the planet": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Through insightful commentary and revealing interviews, you will enter the unique world of Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist---and of Stieg Larsson himself---discovering the fascinating real-life experiences and incidents involving Swedish politics, violence against women, and neo-Nazis that are at the heart of Larsson's work. John-Henri Holmberg, a Swedish author... The fascinating stories behind what have been rightly called the "hottest books on the planet": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Pl... |
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Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts, Haunts, and Havens in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mysteries
ISBN: 9781607811374 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tony Hillerman is beloved for his novels of intrigue in the American Southwest. In Tony Hillerman s Navajoland, Laurance Linford takes readers on a journey through the Four Corners region to the haunts of Hillerman s characters. Offered in encyclopedic form, each entry gives the common name of a particular location, the Navajo name and history, and a description of the location s significance in various Hillerman novels. An understanding of the Navajo names and their relations to the landscape will lend a new dimension to the characters and events Tony Hillerman created. This...Tony Hillerman is beloved for his novels of intrigue in the American Southwest. In Tony Hillerman s Navajoland, Laurance Linford takes reade... |
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126,49 zł |
James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker
ISBN: 9780810881181 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing an overview of all of James M. Cain's fiction, including an analysis of the major themes of his entire literary career, the book examines Cain's impact on and importance in 20th-century culture, film in particular.
Providing an overview of all of James M. Cain's fiction, including an analysis of the major themes of his entire literary career, the book examines Ca...
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466,18 zł |
The Art of Indirection in British Espionage Fiction: A Critical Study of Six Novelists
ISBN: 9780786463794 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In contrast to the classical detective story, the spy novel tends to be considered a less literary genre. While previous studies have focused on historical, thematic & ideological dimensions, this work seeks to distinguish British espionage fiction based on its unique narrative form, which is typically elliptical, oblique & recursive.
In contrast to the classical detective story, the spy novel tends to be considered a less literary genre. While previous studies have focused on histo...
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Radical Justice: Spain and the Southern Cone Beyond Market and State
ISBN: 9781611483567 / Angielski / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Radical Justice investigates the convoluted relationship between memory and justice in Spain and the Southern Cone as it is portrayed in political documentaries and detective fiction from Spain and the Southern Cone. It argues that the possibility of achieving justice in these regions lies beyond market and state and is yet to come. This book appeals to a wide range of scholars, ranging from national literature and film specialists of Argentina, Chile, and Spain, to philosophers and students of ethics, human rights, and questions of justice.
Radical Justice investigates the convoluted relationship between memory and justice in Spain and the Southern Cone as it is portrayed in political doc...
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464,77 zł |
Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom: Essays on the BBC Series
ISBN: 9780786468188 / Angielski / Miękka / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010 ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s detective for the digital age, joining participants in the active traditions of Sherlockians/Holmesians and fans from other communities, including science fiction, media, and anime. This collection explores the cultural intersections and fan traditions that converge in Sherlock and its fandoms. Essays focus on the industrial and cultural contexts of Sherlock s release, on the text of Sherlock as adaptation and transformative work, and on Sherlock s critical...
The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010 ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s detective for the digital age, joining pa...
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180,64 zł |
The Pleasures of Crime : Reading Modern French Crime Fiction
ISBN: 9789042034297 / Angielski / Miękka / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For 150 years the French public and literati have enjoyed a love affair with crime fiction. This book investigates the nature of this relationship and how through periods of dramatic social and political change in France it has flourished. It challenges the conventional view of a popular genre feeding a niche market, depicting crime fiction instead as a field of creative endeavour, which has gradually matured into one of considerable literary fertility. By inviting us to share secrets and crack codes, creating suspense and (at times) not shirking from presenting horrific events in graphic...
For 150 years the French public and literati have enjoyed a love affair with crime fiction. This book investigates the nature of this relationship and...
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343,14 zł |
Whatever Happened to Sherlock Holmes?: Detective Fiction, Popular Theology, and Society
ISBN: 9780809317226 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert S. Paul suggests that the reason detective fiction has won legions of readers may be that "the writer of detective fiction, without conscious intent, appeals directly to those moral and spiritual roots of society unconsciously affirmed and endorsed by the readers." Because detective stories deal with crime and punishment they cannot help dealing implicitly with theological issues, such as the reality of good and evil, the recognition that humankind has the potential for both, the nature of evidence (truth and error), the significance of our existence in a rational order and... Robert S. Paul suggests that the reason detective fiction has won legions of readers may be that "the writer of detective fiction, without consciou... |
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221,56 zł |