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The Mysteries of the Cities: Urban Crime Fiction in the Nineteenth Century

By Stephen Knight

Book information

Publisher
McFarland
Year
2011
ISBN
0786463414, 9780786463411
LCC
PN3448.D4 K57 2011
Google Books ID
wlljK0vlepEC
Open Library ID
OL25054125M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2739536 bytes)
Pages
241\241
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

A popular crime genre in the nineteenth century, urban mysteries have largely been ignored ever since. This historical and critical text examines the origins of the innovative genre, which grappled with the rise of enormous, anonymous cities, beginning in France in 1842, then spreading rapidly across the continent and to America and Australia. Writers covered include Eugene Sue, George Reynolds, Paul Feval, George Lippard, "Ned Buntline" and Donald Cameron.

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