The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century
Download or Read eBook The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century PDF 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.
| Author | : Beatrix Hesse |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2015-08-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137463043 |
| ISBN-13 | : 113746304X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century by : Beatrix Hesse
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.
