What is it about?
This article explores crime fiction within a world-literature framework. It argues that the study of national traditions can blind us to the dialogue across borders and languages between texts and authors. It proposes a reading practice that aims to develop a more nuanced understanding of this truly global genre.
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Why is it important?
This is the seminal article on crime fiction as world literature. It develops a theoretical understanding of the global production, circulation and reception of crime fiction and it maps out the field of studies.
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I hope this article helps readers to question the traditional national-bound readings of crime fiction that have largely shaped how we understand the genre.
Stewart King
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: Crime Fiction as World Literature, Clues A Journal of Detection, September 2014, McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers,
DOI: 10.3172/clu.32.2.8.
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