From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopra...

From the execution sermons of the Colonial era to television programs like The Wire and The Sopra...

Anna Katharine Green was the most famous and prolific writer of detective fiction in the United S...

Before Raymond Chandler, before Dorothy Sayers or Agatha Christie, there was Metta Fuller Victor,...

Examines the range of American crime fiction from execution sermons of the Colonial era to televi...

Examines the range of American crime fiction from execution sermons of the Colonial era to televi...

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this text looks at the different types and functions of wri...

'A genuinely original, terrifically interesting book.'--Dana Nelson, author of 'National Manhood:...

'A genuinely original, terrifically interesting book.'--Dana Nelson, author of 'National Manhood:...