Book contents
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Early American Era
- Chapter 1 From Sermon to Story
- Chapter 2 The Theft of Authorship
- Part II Romantic Era
- Part III Realist Era
- Part IV Modernist Era
- Part V Postmodernist Era
- Index
- References
Chapter 1 - From Sermon to Story
Early American Crime Literature
from Part I - Early American Era
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Book contents
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Early American Era
- Chapter 1 From Sermon to Story
- Chapter 2 The Theft of Authorship
- Part II Romantic Era
- Part III Realist Era
- Part IV Modernist Era
- Part V Postmodernist Era
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A History of American Crime Fiction , pp. 13 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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