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Irish Crime Fiction 1665-2000

By:

David Clark

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Reimagining Ireland

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The book deals diachronically with Irish crime fiction, from the picaresque of the 17th century up to the late 1990s when the «Emerald Noir» boom began. Irish writers, often without due recognition, have been instrumental in the development of the genre on an international level, and figures such as Le Fanu, Meade, Childers, Wills Crofts have been responsible for many of the innovations in crime fiction which have later become standard. This book examines Irish crime writing in its widest sense, from the detective mystery to the spy thriller, and seeks to vindicate the relevance of the Irish contribution to the field of crime fiction as well as stressing the importance of crime writing within the field of Irish Studies. This work traces Irish crime fiction from the early appropriation of the picaresque, which would gain resonance throughout Europe, through the gothic, the early detective tale, to the Irish contribution to the Golden Age mystery, to Irish hard-boiled pulp and inner-city police procedurals in which crimes committed by Irish criminals are investigated by Irish agents of detection.

Author Biography:

David Clark is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of A Coruña and Director of the «Amergin» University Research Institute for Irish Studies. He has served on the executive committees of both national and international organisations for Irish studies and has published widely in the field.

Release date NZ

September 16th, 2022

Author

David Clark

Series

Reimagining Ireland

Contributor

Series edited by Eamon Maher

Pages

440

Edition

New edition

Audience

Professional & Vocational

ISBN-13

9781800798267

Product ID

35744563

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