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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Nancy Vosburg is Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Modern Languages & Literatures Department at Stetson University in DeLand! Florida! where she teaches Spanish culture and literature courses. Her scholarly research focuses on contemporary female Spanish writers! to include Esther Tusquets! Ana Maria Moix! and Cristina Fernandez Cubas. She has also written extensively on Spanish women writers in exile and women's prison writing! and for the past several years has been engaged with Spanish women crime writers and lesbian literature in Spain. Klappentext "Iberian Crime Fiction" traces the origins and development of crime fiction in Spain and Portugal from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Leading scholars of crime fiction cover all aspects of the genre in the peninsula! including surveys of major authors! a study of women's crime fiction! a consideration of the rise of the "novella negra "tradition! and an account of the genre's mid-1950s peak in popularity! as well as an analysis of current trends and authors. Zusammenfassung This volume is an introduction to crime writing in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). While "police narratives" in Spain can be traced back to iconic writers of the 19th-century! such as the Duque de Rivas! Jose Zorrilla! Pedro Antonio de Alarcon! Benito Perez Galdos! and Emilia Pardo Bazan! the volume will focus on the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction: Iberian Peninsular Crime Fiction! Dr. Nancy Vosburg (Stetson University) Chapter 2: Spanish Crime Fiction! 1950s-1980s! Dr. Patricia Hart (Purdue University) Chapter 3: In Search of a New Realism: Manuel Vazquez Montalban and the Spanish Novela Negra! Dr. Mari Paz Balibrea (Birkbeck! University of London) Chapter 4: Crime Writing in Spain's Autonomous Regions! Dr. Stewart King (Monash Dr. Nancy Vosburg is Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Modern Languages & Literatures Department at Stetson University in DeLand! Florida! where she teaches Spanish culture and literature courses. Her scholarly research focuses on contemporary female Spanish writers! to include Esther Tusquets! Ana Maria Moix! and Cristina Fernandez Cubas. She has also written extensively on Spanish women writers in exile and women's prison writing! and for the past several years has been engaged with Spanish women crime writers and lesbian literature in Spain. ...
