| The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Hesse, Beatrix (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137463031 ISBN-13: 9781137463036 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.910 |
| Series: Crime Files |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction. |