| Description |
ix, 233 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Crime files series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index. |
| Contents |
The old guard in the mid-1990s : Muller, Grafton, and Paretsky -- The old guard continued : Kaminsky, Parker, and Block -- The personal and the regional : new forms of authenticity in female crime writing -- Three pictures from the institution : Forrest, Barr, and Hightower -- Los Angeles Police Department : Ellroy's and Connelly's police procedurals -- Private investigation in the 1990s -- The "English tradition" in contemporary American crime fiction -- Historical mysteries -- In Waco's wake : Patricia Cornwell and Mary Willis Walker -- "Other" detectives : the emergence of ethnic crime writing -- Black female crime writing -- The persistence of gender : the private investigators of S. J. Rozan. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Criminals in literature.
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Crime in literature.
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| Added Author |
Haen, Theo d'.
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| ISBN |
0333674553 (cloth) |
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0333684656 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA165699 |
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