Margaret Atwood : crime fiction writer : the reworking of a popular genre /

Margaret Atwood : crime fiction writer : the reworking of a popular genre /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shead, Jackie, author.
Imprint:	Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing, 2015.
Description:	219 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Atwood, Margaret, -- 1939- -- Criticism and interpretation. Atwood, Margaret, -- 1939- Crime in literature. Detectives in literature. Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism. Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship. Crime in literature. Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship. Detective and mystery stories, English. Detectives in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10488712

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ISBN:	9781472450630 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1472450639 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781472450647 (ebook) 9781472450654 (epub)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Margaret Atwood and the crime fiction genre
Surfacing: the detective murder mystery
Bodily harm: the game of clue and the spy thriller
Alias grace: the cold case and the doomed detective
The blind assassin: conspiracy and confession
Payback and selected fiction: reckoning, redress, retribution
The metafictive detective story
Margaret Atwood and post-colonial crime fiction
Conclusion.