| A Counter-History of Crime Fiction: Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Ascari, Maurizio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230525008 ISBN-13: 9780230525009 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: "A Counter-History of Crime Fiction" takes a new look at the evolution of crime fiction, drawing on material from the Middle Ages up to the early Twentieth century, when the genre was theoretically defined as detective fiction. Considering 'criminography' as a system of inter-related, even incestuous, sub-genres, Maurizio Ascari explores the connections between modes of literature such as revenge tragedies and providential fictions, the gothic and the ghost story, urban mysteries and anarchist fiction, while taking into account the influence of pseudo-sciences such as mesmerism and criminal anthropology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 823.087 |
| LCCN: 2007018603 |
| Series: Crime Files |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 8.23" W x 8.47" (0.92 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book takes a look at the evolution of crime fiction. Considering 'criminography' as a system of inter-related sub-genres, it explores the connections between modes of literature such as revenge tragedies, the gothic and anarchist fiction, while taking into account the influence of pseudo-sciences such as mesmerism and criminal anthropology. |