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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The war in words The war in words Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola xxxiv, 363 pages : 24 cm OL13492503W
Before Sherlock Holmes Before Sherlock Holmes LeRoy Panek "This volume surveys the first fifty years of the detective story in nineteenth-century America and England, examining not only major works, but also the lesser known--including contemporary pseudo-b… OL16167750W
The mysteries of the cities The mysteries of the cities Stephen Thomas Knight "A popular crime genre in the nineteenth century, urban mysteries have largely been ignored ever since. This historical and critical text examines the origins of the innovative genre, which sought to… OL16176134W
Nice and Noir Nice and Noir Richard B. Schwartz "Owners of mystery bookshops will tell you that there are several sorts of buyers: those who purchase on impulse or whim; genre addicts who buy paperbacks by the week and by the armful; and those who… OL16983359W
The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing Rosemary Herbert,John M. Reilly,Catherine Aird "Entertaining and authoritative, this alphabetically arranged companion is an indispensable reference guide to crime and mystery writing. Unique in its biographical and critical treatment of major de… OL17658850W
Italian pulp fiction Italian pulp fiction Stefania Lucamante "This volume attempts to provide an analytical, structured context for and a critical approach to the Giovani Cannibali movement that takes into account how the changing cultural and social landscape… OL18255992W
Murderesses in German writing, 1720-1860 Murderesses in German writing, 1720-1860 Susanne Kord ix, 266 pages : 24 cm OL18767604W
Pimping fictions Pimping fictions Justin Gifford Gifford provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperbacks written by Chester Himes, Donald Goines, and Iceberg Slim (aka Robert Beck), among many others. He draws from an impressiv… OL19662495W
Les criminels dans l'art et la littérature Les criminels dans l'art et la littérature Ferri, Enrico Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. OL19812280W
Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith Harrison, Russell In this, the first full-length critical study of Patricia Highsmith's literary achievements, Russell Harrison offers a thoughtful consideration of the most successful and representative of the writer… OL2671889W
A common spring A common spring Nadya Aisenberg Nadya Aisenberg discusses the potentialities of the crime novel, its implications, principles, and scope, and its analogy ot myth and the fairy tale. She proposes that the detective story and the thr… OL2990444W
Serial killer cinema Serial killer cinema Robert Cettl "The release of Silence of the Lambs in 1991, which swept the major Academy Awards categories, legitimized the serial killer movie, a genre that dates back as far as the silent era. From Absence of t… OL5954649W
The Bedside Companion to Crime The Bedside Companion to Crime H. R. F. Keating Gathering together hundreds of facts and foibles from the world of crime writing, a veteran mystery expert displays his knowledge of this genre OL7918587W