<P><EM>Crime Fiction</EM> provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series, John Scaggs:</P><UL><LI>presents a concise history of crime fiction - from biblical narratives to James Ellroy - broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and the gothic novel</LI><LI>explores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as ''Rational Criminal Investigation'', The Hard-Boiled Mode'', ''The Police Procedural'' and ''Historical Crime Fiction''</LI><LI>locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context</LI><LI>outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory</LI><LI>considers contemporary television series like C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation alongside the ''classic'' whodunnits of Agatha Christie.</LI></UL><P>Accessible and clear, t
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