The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing by Rosemary Herbert

The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing by Rosemary Herbert

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This companion is a one-volume, alphabetically arranged encyclopedia exploring the full range of literature suggested by the title. The 672 articles range from brief factual pieces to longer synthetic treatments of topics of central thematic interest.

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The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing by Rosemary Herbert

This companion is a one-volume, alphabetically arranged encyclopedia exploring the full range of literature suggested by the title. The 672 articles range from brief factual pieces to longer synthetic treatments of topics of central thematic interest.

Professor of English and Head of the Graduate Department at Howard University, JOHN M.REILLY Tony Hillerman: A Critical Companion (Greenwood, 1996) is his first book, and he edited The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Fiction (1999). His contributions to popular culture have earned him the George Dove Award from the Popular Culture Association, and his numerous works on African American writers have received a citation from the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the United States. (MELUS) for outstanding contributions to ethnic literary scholarship.

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ISBN 13 9780195072396
ISBN 10 0195072391
Title The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
Author Rosemary Herbert
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1999-12-16
Number of pages 559
Prizes Short-listed for Agatha Awards (Nonfiction) 1999, Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Critical/Biographical) 2000
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