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Teaching Crime Fiction

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  • First monograph length teaching text devoted to crime fiction
  • Crime fiction continues to rise in popularity and is becoming a mainstay elective course
  • Looks at teaching film - often integral parts of crime fiction courses - in addition to literature

Part of the book series: Teaching the New English (TENEEN)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction: Crime Fiction

    • Charlotte Beyer
    Pages 1-15
  3. Plots and Devices

    • Malcah Effron
    Pages 35-48
  4. Teaching Crime Fiction and Gender

    • Maureen T. Reddy
    Pages 49-62
  5. Teaching Postcolonial Crime Fiction

    • Sam Naidu
    Pages 83-98
  6. Teaching Crime Fiction and Film

    • Sian Harris
    Pages 131-146
  7. Crime Writing: Language and Stylistics

    • Christiana Gregoriou
    Pages 147-161
  8. Teaching Crime Fiction Criticism

    • Rosemary Erickson Johnsen
    Pages 179-193
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 211-216

About this book

More than perhaps any other genre, crime fiction invites debate over the role of popular fiction in English studies. This book offers lively original essays on teaching crime fiction written by experienced British and international scholar teachers, providing vital insight into this diverse genre through a series of compelling subjects.  Taking its starting-point in pedagogical reflections and classroom experiences, the book explores methods for teaching students to develop their own critical perspectives as crime fiction critics, the impact of feminism, postcolonialism, and ecocriticism on crime fiction, crime fiction and film, the crime short story, postgraduate perspectives, and more.




Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

    Charlotte Beyer

About the editor

Charlotte Beyer is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at University of Gloucestershire, UK. She has published widely on crime fiction and contemporary literature. She is currently writing a monograph on the crime short story for McFarland. She serves on the Steering Committee of the Crime Studies Network and the editorial boards of several journals. 

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eBook USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 59.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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