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
- Part II Romantic Era
- Part III Realist Era
- Part IV Modernist Era
- Part V Postmodernist Era
- Chapter 16 Unusual Suspects
- Chapter 17 Identity Politics and Crime Fiction
- Chapter 18 Native American Detective Fiction and Settler Colonialism
- Chapter 19 African-American Crime and Detective Fiction
- Chapter 20 Criminal Family Drama before and after The Sopranos
- Chapter 21 Making Murderers
- Chapter 22 Spy Narratives in post-9/11 American Culture
- Chapter 23 Film Noir and Neo-Noir
- Chapter 24 Crime Fiction Television
- Chapter 25 Dead Reckonings
- Index
- References
Chapter 25 - Dead Reckonings
Theoretical and Critical Approaches to Detective Fiction
from Part V - Postmodernist 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
- Part II Romantic Era
- Part III Realist Era
- Part IV Modernist Era
- Part V Postmodernist Era
- Chapter 16 Unusual Suspects
- Chapter 17 Identity Politics and Crime Fiction
- Chapter 18 Native American Detective Fiction and Settler Colonialism
- Chapter 19 African-American Crime and Detective Fiction
- Chapter 20 Criminal Family Drama before and after The Sopranos
- Chapter 21 Making Murderers
- Chapter 22 Spy Narratives in post-9/11 American Culture
- Chapter 23 Film Noir and Neo-Noir
- Chapter 24 Crime Fiction Television
- Chapter 25 Dead Reckonings
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A History of American Crime Fiction , pp. 339 - 352Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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