The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Beatrix Hesse ISBN: 9781137463043
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: August 2, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Beatrix Hesse
ISBN: 9781137463043
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: August 2, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction.

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This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction.

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