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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 87
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 87.
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
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| Contents |
Ted Allbeury (1917-) - Desmond Bagley (1923-1983) - Edmund Crispin (Robert Bruce Montgomery) (1921-1978) - Len Deighton (1929-) -- Colin Dexter (1930-) -- Peter Dickinson (1927-) -Elizabeth Ferrars (Morna Doris Brown (1907-) - Ian Fleming (1908-1964) - Ken Follett (1949-) - Frederick Forsyth (1938-) - Dick Francis (1920-) - Nicolas Freeling (1927-) - Andrew Garve (1908-) -Michael Gilbert (1912-) - Geoffrey Houshold (1900-1988) - P.D. James (Phyllis Dodrothy James White) (1920) -- H.R.F. Keating (1926-) - John le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell) (1931-) - Peter Lovesey (1936-) - Gavin Lyall (1932-) - Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) - Peter O'Donnell (1920-) - Ruth Rendell (1930-) -- George Sims (1923-) - Julian Symons (1912-). |
| Summary |
Essays on British writers of detective novels, thrillers, suspense and crime novels, including psychological thrillers and spy stories. Discusses the backlash against the previously restrictive format that liberated the genre to develop along diverse lines. Influenced by an England caught between traditional and progressive modes of behavior. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Original Version |
Original: 419 p. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English.
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Detective and mystery stories, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery stories, English.
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| Subject |
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Novelists, English. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Benstock, Bernard.
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Staley, Thomas F.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
081034565X |
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9780810345652 |
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