Title Crime writing in interwar Britain : fact and fiction in the Golden Age / Victoria Stewart

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 207 pages) Contents Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Narratives of Crime in Interwar Britain; 1 Revisiting Victorian Sensations; 2 F. Tennyson Jesse and the Modern Murderer; 3 In Search of the Perfect Crime: Dorothy L. Sayers and Murder in Fact and Fiction; 4 Dangerous Men in Interwar Writing; Coda; Bibliography; Index Summary Considering a range of neglected material, this book provides a richer view of how crime and criminality were understood between the wars Notes Print version record Subject Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Crime in literature. Crime writing. Crime -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Crime Crime in literature Crime writing Detective and mystery stories, English English fiction Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 1108296440 9781108296441 9781108296748 1108296742 9781108295543 1108295541 9781108186124 1108186122 1316649148 9781316649145 9781108295246 110829524X

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