Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... Snobbery with Violence: English Crime Stories and Their Audience (1971)door Colin Watson
Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Supremely snarky and entertaining commentary on thrillers and detective novels from roughly the age of Sherlock Holmes to the age of James Bond. A lot of interesting points about the publishing industry are made, as well as the structure and development of thrillers. Well worth a read. ( ) Wonderful and scathing summary (the title says it all) of English crime fiction. For those of us who enjoy Golden Age stories but find ourselves wincing at some of the attitudes on display, this is a welcome sideswipe. Watson also coined the marvellous phrase "Mayhem Parva" to describe the sort of village where little old ladies with minds like steel traps spend a genteel retirement tripping over bodies left, right and centre. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
'One of the most consistently busy of Britain's home industries during the past fifty years has been the manufacture of crime fiction. Some three hundred writers now contribute, more or less regularly, to the satisfaction of the public's appetite for books about murder, theft, fraud, espionage, arson, blackmail and kindred activities. . . This book is not an attempt to catalogue them . . . Its purpose is to explore some of the crime and mystery fiction of the past half century for clues to the convictions and attitudes of the large section of British society for which it was written.' In Snobbery with Violence: English Crime Stories and Their Audience, Colin Watson explores the social attitudes that are reflected in the detective story and the thriller. From Conan Doyle and Edgar Wallace to Agatha Christie and Ian Fleming, Watson takes the reader on an entertaining and informative investigation into the world of crime fiction. First published in 1971 Snobbery with Violence has become a minor classic of literary and social history and should grace the bookshelves of every crime aficionado. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.0872Literature English English fiction By Type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fictionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |