A Companion to Crime Fiction

A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day

• A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction
• Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity
• Features  full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field
• Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

A Companion to Crime Fiction features in the following genres: Language: reference and general

A Companion to Crime Fiction is available in Paperback, Hardback

A Companion to Crime Fiction was written by Charles J Rzepka, Lee Horsley and published by Wiley Blackwell an imprint of Wiley

A Companion to Crime Fiction has 629 pages

Yes it is part of Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series