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1 online resource (xxxix, 432 pages) |
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Crime files |
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Crime files series.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword: How Many Narratives of Crime? Stephen Knight, Melbourne, Australia, 2014 -- Acknowledgements -- General Introduction: Even More 'Murder For Pleasure' -- 100 British Crime Writers, In Order Of Appearance -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I The Victorians, Edwardians, and World War One, 1855-1918 -- 1 Caroline Clive (1801-1873), 1855: Paul Ferroll -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 2 Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), 1860: The Woman in White -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 3 Mrs. Henry Wood (1814-1887), 1861: East Lynne -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited |
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4 Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915), 1862: Lady Audley's Secret -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 5 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), 1887: A Study in Scarlet -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 6 George R. Sims (1847-1922), 1890: The Case of George Candlemas -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 7 C.L. Pirkis (1839-1910), 1893: First Publication of the 'Loveday Brooke' Stories in the Ludgate Monthly -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 8 Arthur Morrison (1863-1945), 1894: First Publication of the 'Martin Hewitt' Stories in The Strand Magazine -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited |
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9 E. Phillips Oppenheim (Also Wrote as Antony Partridge, 1866-1946), 1898: The Mysterious Mr. Sabin -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 10 E.W. Hornung (1866-1921), 1899: The Amateur Cracksman -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 11 Baroness Orczy (1865-1947), 1901: First Publication of Six 'The Old Man in the Corner' Stories in The Royal Magazine -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 12 Erskine Childers (1870-1922), 1903: The Riddle of the Sands -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 13 Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), 1905: The Four Just Men -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited |
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14 R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943), 1907: The Red Thumb Mark (First Novel in the 'Dr. Thorndyke' Series) -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 15 G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), 1908: The Man Who Was Thursday -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 16 Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965), 1912: First Contribution to the 'Sexton Blake' Series in the Union Jack Story Paper -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 17 Sax Rohmer (1883-1959), 1912: First 'Fu Manchu' Story, 'The Zayat Kiss', in The Story-Teller Magazine -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 18 E.C. Bentley (1875-1956), 1913: Trent's Last Case |
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Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 19 Ernest Bramah (1868-1942), 1914: Max Carrados -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 20 John William Bobin (Also Wrote as Adelie Ascott, John Ascott, Katherine Greenalgh, Gertrude Nelson, Victor Nelson, and Isabelle Norton, 1889-1935), 1915: First Contribution to the Sexton Blake Library -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- 21 John Buchan (1875-1940), 1915: The Thirty-Nine Steps -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited -- Part II The Golden Age and World War Two 1919-1945 -- 22 H.C. Bailey (1878-1961), 1920: Call Mr. Fortune -- Suggested Reading/Works Cited |
| Summary |
100 British Crime Writers explores a history of British crime writing between 1855 and 2015 through 100 writers, detailing their lives and significant writing and exploring their contributions to the genre. Divided into four sections: 'The Victorians, Edwardians, and World War One, 1855-1918; 'The Golden Age and World War Two, 1919-1945; 'Post-War and Cold War, 1946-1989; and 'To the Millennium and Beyond, 1990-2015, each section offers an introduction to the significant features of these eras in crime fiction and discusses trends in publication, readership, and critical response. With entries spanning the earliest authors of crime fiction to a selection of innovative contemporary novelists, this book considers the development and progression of the genre in the light of historical and social events |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2021) |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
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British literature.
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Fiction.
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Literature, Modern -- 20th century.
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Literature, Modern -- 19th century.
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Literature, Modern
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fiction (general genre)
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Detective and mystery stories, English
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British literature
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Fiction
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Literature, Modern
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Novel·la policíaca.
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Literatura anglesa.
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Llibres electrònics.
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Llibres electrònics.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Miskimmin, Esme, 1973- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137319029 |
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113731902X |
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