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Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel » (Revised Edition)
Authors: Julian Symons
ISBN-13: 9780892964963, ISBN-10: 0892964960
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: February 1993
Edition: Revised Edition
Author Biography: Julian Symons
Book Synopsis
In celebration of distinguished author/critic Julian Symons' 80th year, here is the third and final revised edition of his classic history of mystery fiction. The views expressed here are as candid as ever. One bestselling writer is called unreadable, another compared to writers of "strip cartoon stories". But the general tone is warmly appreciative of every sort of book within the genre.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Third Edition | ix | |
| Prologue: The Guilty Party | xi | |
| 1. | What They Are and Why We Read Them | 1 |
| 2. | The Two Strands: Godwin, Vidocq, Poe | 19 |
| 3. | Dickens, Collins, Gaboriau: The Pattern Forms | 38 |
| 4. | Interregnum | 57 |
| 5. | The Case of Sherlock Holmes | 66 |
| 6. | The Short Story: The First Golden Age | 79 |
| 7. | The Rise of the Novel | 95 |
| 8. | The Golden Age: The Twenties | 104 |
| 9. | The Golden Age: The Thirties | 123 |
| 10. | The American Revolution | 143 |
| 11. | Simenon and Maigret | 155 |
| 12. | "Mr. Queen, will you be good enough to explain your famous character's sex life, if any?" | 161 |
| 13. | The Short Story's Mutations | 179 |
| 14. | Crime Novel and Police Novel | 191 |
| 15. | Big Producers and Big Sellers, Curiosities and Singletons | 238 |
| 16. | A Short History of the Spy Story | 258 |
| 17. | The Crystal Ball Revisited | 282 |
| A Postscript for the Nineties | 291 | |
| Index | 327 |
Subjects
Fiction Books & Literature
Literary Criticism Genres & Literary Forms
Nonfiction Social Sciences Criminology
Nonfiction All Nonfiction Criminology
Science & Nature Social Sciences Criminology
Social Sciences Criminology Criminology - General & Miscellaneous
Literary Criticism Genres & Literary FormsNonfiction
Social Sciences CriminologyNonfiction
All Nonfiction CriminologyScience & Nature
Social Sciences CriminologySocial Sciences
Criminology Criminology - General & Miscellaneous
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