Criminal Convictions: Errant Essays on Perpetrators of Literary License

Title: Criminal Convictions: Errant Essays on Perpetrators of Literary License
Author: Nicholas Freeling
Literary Criticism: 1702035
ISBN: 9780879239732
Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
Published: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 176
Section: Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction
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Publisher Description:

Universally recognized as a premier writers of crime fiction, Nicolas Freeling here displays yet another side of his original mind in these "enviably perceptive and lyrical" essays (Kirkus) on other players in the same field. Freeling's definition of "crime fiction" is refreshingly broad, comprising not only the usual suspects--tSayers, Conan Doyle, Simenon, to name but a few of those he discusses--but also Dickens, Kipling, Stendhal, and Conrad. For Freeling, the mystery genre embraces multitudinous forms and an astounding variety of practitioners, from great literary stylists to base hacks. As might be expected, he is never at a loss for words nor diffident in his judgments about either. This is a collection for anyone interested in the literature of crime, and indeed in literature tout court --for, as Freeling says, "The nature of crime is also the nature of art".