Names: Allan, Janice M., 1966–editor.| Gulddal, Jesper, editor.| King, Stewart, 1968–editor.|
Pepper, Andrew, 1969–editor. Title: The Routledge companion to crime fiction/edited by …

Crime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots
in works as varied as Sophocles, Herodotus, and Shakespeare. In this Very Short …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book aims to approach the concept of the crime fiction companion …

Reveals the secrets and stories that lie beneath the surface of Watson's narrativesThe Case
of Sherlock Holmes uncovers what is untold, partly told, wrongly told, or deliberately …

This open access book considers science and empire, and the stories we tell ourselves
about them. Using British Nobel laureate Ronald Ross (1857-1932) and his colleagues as …

This book examines the developments in British serial detective fiction which took place in
the seven years when Sherlock Holmes was dead. In December 1893, at the height of …

The railway was one of the principal Victorian spaces of reading. This book spotlights one of
the leading audience demographics in this late-Victorian market: the newly empowered …

WILDE NOWreads Oscar Wilde through our now, through a contemporary sensibility (and
approach), in which literature and popular culture interrogate and are interrogated by critical …

This book re-imagines nineteenth-century detective fiction as a literary genre that was
connected to, and nurtured by, contemporary periodical journalism. Whilst 'detective fiction'is …

The final decades of the nineteenth century witnessed new opportunities for authors through
expansion in the market for fiction. The literary establishment thought this imperilled …