The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century

The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781137463043
ISBN-13 : 113746304X
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Book Synopsis The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century by : Beatrix Hesse

Download or read book The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century written by Beatrix Hesse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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