The crime novel : a deviant genre /

The crime novel : a deviant genre /

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Author / Creator:	Hilfer, Anthony Channell.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 1990.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 180 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism. Crime in literature. Criminals in literature. Crime in literature. Criminals in literature. Detective and mystery stories. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13912165

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ISBN:	9781477300053 1477300058 029271131X 9780292711310 0292711360 9780292711365 9781477300060 1477300066
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index. Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Hilfer, Anthony Channell. Crime novel. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1990

Table of Contents:

ch. 1. The crime novel: guilt and menace
ch. 2. Deviant impulses: incest and doubting
ch. 3. Ontological insecurities: time and space
ch. 4. Devil or angel: fatal passion in the American crime novel
ch. 5. Pale criminals and murderees: the problem of justice in the English crime novel
ch. 6. Civilization and its discontents: [Georges] Simenon, [Margaret] Millar, [Patricia] Highsmith, and [Jim] Thompson.