The Mysteries of the Cities: Urban Crime Fiction in the Nineteenth Century

by Stephen Knight

A popular crime genre in the nineteenth century, urban mysteries have largely been ignored ever since. This historical and critical text examines the origins of the innovative genre, which grappled with the rise of enormous, anonymous cities, beginning in France in 1842, then spreading rapidly across the continent and to America and Australia. Writers covered include Eugene Sue, George Reynolds, Paul Feval, George Lippard, Ned Buntline and Donald...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786463414
• ISBN13: 9780786463411
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher