Counter-History of Crime Fiction - Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational

Zusatztext Shortlisted for Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards 2008 (Category: Best Critical/Biographical) 'Maurizio Ascari's book is a thrilling journey through the supernaturally dark side of crime fiction. It excavates material that critics have not previously considered in the context of classic crime writing and also explores innovatively the role of the super-rational in the development and meaning of the genre. The book thoroughly justifies its challenging title as a Counter-History of Crime Fiction.' - Stephen Knight! Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature! University of Cardiff! UK '...a well-written! insightful and important piece of criticism.' - Kim Toft Hansen! Kulturekapellet '...[an] interestingly transnational approach to crime fiction...elegant language...captivating writing style...critically groundbreaking...' Rivista di Studi Vittoriani Informationen zum Autor MAURIZIO ASCARI is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bologna, Italy. His publications include books and essays on crime fiction, anarchist fiction, the formation of the literary canon and travel writing. Klappentext This book takes a look at the evolution of crime fiction. Considering 'criminography' as a system of inter-related sub-genres, it explores the connections between modes of literature such as revenge tragedies, the gothic and anarchist fiction, while taking into account the influence of pseudo-sciences such as mesmerism and criminal anthropology. Zusammenfassung This book takes a look at the evolution of crime fiction. Considering 'criminography' as a system of inter-related sub-genres! it explores the connections between modes of literature such as revenge tragedies! the gothic and anarchist fiction! while taking into account the influence of pseudo-sciences such as mesmerism and criminal anthropology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Revising the Canon of Crime and Detection PART I: SUPERNATURAL AND GOTHIC Detection Before Detection Persecution and Omniscience Victorian Ghosts and Revengers Pseudo-Sciences and the Occult PART II: SENSATIONAL The Language of Auguste Dupin On the Sensational in Literature London as a 'Heart of Darkness' The Rhetoric of Atavism and Degeneration The Age of Formula Fiction Bibliography Index...

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Acknowledgements Introduction Revising the Canon of Crime and Detection PART I: SUPERNATURAL AND GOTHIC Detection Before Detection Persecution and Omniscience Victorian Ghosts and Revengers Pseudo-Sciences and the Occult PART II: SENSATIONAL The Language of Auguste Dupin On the Sensational in Literature London as a 'Heart of Darkness' The Rhetoric of Atavism and Degeneration The Age of Formula Fiction Bibliography Index

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Shortlisted for Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards 2008 (Category: Best Critical/Biographical)
'Maurizio Ascari's book is a thrilling journey through the supernaturally dark side of crime fiction. It excavates material that critics have not previously considered in the context of classic crime writing and also explores innovatively the role of the super-rational in the development and meaning of the genre. The book thoroughly justifies its challenging title as a Counter-History of Crime Fiction.' - Stephen Knight, Distinguished Research Professor in English Literature, University of Cardiff, UK
'...a well-written, insightful and important piece of criticism.' - Kim Toft Hansen, Kulturekapellet
'...[an] interestingly transnational approach to crime fiction...elegant language...captivating writing style...critically groundbreaking...' Rivista di Studi Vittoriani

Product details

• Authors: M. Ascari, Maurizio Ascari
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2007
• EAN: 9780230525009
• ISBN: 978-0-230-52500-9
• No. of pages: 237
• Series: Crime Files; Crime Files
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Fiction, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Culture—Study and teaching, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Fiction Literature, Literature—Philosophy, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, fiction;rhetoric;Victorian era