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The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel
Elizabeth Mannion (Ed.)
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Description for The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel
Hardback. Based on papers presented at the joint meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies and the Canadian Association for Irish Studies held in the summer of 2014 at University College Dublin. Editor(s): Mannion, Elizabeth. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Irish detective fiction has enjoyed an international readership for over a decade, appearing on best-seller lists across the globe. But its breadth of hard-boiled and amateur detectives, historical fiction, and police procedurals has remained somewhat marginalized in academic scholarship. Exploring the work of some of its leading writers-including Peter Tremayne, John Connolly, Declan Hughes, Ken Bruen, Brian McGilloway, Stuart Neville, Tana French, Jane Casey, and Benjamin Black-The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel opens new ground in Irish literary criticism and genre studies. It considers the detective genre's position in Irish Studies and the standing of Irish authors within the detective novel ... Read more
Irish detective fiction has enjoyed an international readership for over a decade, appearing on best-seller lists across the globe. But its breadth of hard-boiled and amateur detectives, historical fiction, and police procedurals has remained somewhat marginalized in academic scholarship. Exploring the work of some of its leading writers-including Peter Tremayne, John Connolly, Declan Hughes, Ken Bruen, Brian McGilloway, Stuart Neville, Tana French, Jane Casey, and Benjamin Black-The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel opens new ground in Irish literary criticism and genre studies. It considers the detective genre's position in Irish Studies and the standing of Irish authors within the detective novel ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Crime Files
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137539397
SKU
V9781137539397
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About Elizabeth Mannion (Ed.)
Elizabeth Mannion earned her PhD at Trinity College, Dublin. Her research and teaching cover an interdisciplinary range of Irish studies, from modern drama to contemporary crime fiction. Recent publications include The Urban Plays of the Early Abbey Theatre: Beyond O'Casey, as well as chapters in the forthcoming Shaw and the Making of Modern Ireland and A Cambridge History of Irish ... Read more
Reviews for The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel
This collection of nine insightful essays opens new ground and advocates for a more considered appraisal of detective fiction, within Irish literary studies. Each essay offers a broad overview of several texts, considering reoccurring thematic issues across the series, rather than close readings of a single novel. The range and scope covered by the nine essays is commendable and a ... Read more