The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
by Rosemary Herbert (Editor-in-Chief), Catherine Aird (Editor), Susan Oleksiw (Consulting Editor), John M. Reilly (Editor)
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This one volume, alphabetically arranged encyclopedia explores the full range of literature suggested by the title. The 666 articles range from brief factual pieces to longer synthetic treatments of topics of central thematic interest.Tags
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Very valuable for serious student of detective and crime fiction. Encyclopedic format with ample cross refencing. Biographical sketches of major writers in field as well as descriptions of sub genres and major thematic elements
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Rosemary Herbert is the mystery book review columnist for the Boston Herald.
Catherine Aird is the author of more than twenty crime novels and story collections, most of which feature Detective Chief Inspector C. D. Sloan. She holds an honorary M.A. from the University of Kent and was made an M.B.E. She lives in England
Susan Oleksiw is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
John M. Reilly is Professor of English and Director of the Graduate Program at Howard University
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- Original publication date
- 1999
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- Genres
- Literature Studies and Criticism, Reference, Mystery
- DDC/MDS
- 809.387203 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery and Speculative Fiction Horror, Crime, Gothic
- LCC
- PN3448 .D4 .H37 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Prose. Prose fiction Special kinds of fiction. Fiction genres
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- (4.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
