Reg No: FAK4 2010/1

 

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Faculty Board of Arts and Education
English

Reading List

Valid from spring semester 2010

 

Course Code: ENGAC2
Crime Fiction:From Poe to the Present, 15 Credits
(Crime Fiction:From Poe to the Present, 15 Swedish credit points)
Degree Level: Bachelor

Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Edited by Priestman, Martin. Last edition. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 978-0-521-80399-1 el. 978-0-521-00871-6. Pages: 287.

Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. Any edition.

Christie, Agatha. The ABC Murders. Any edition.

Collins, Wilkie. The Moonstone. Any edition.

Doyle, Arthur Conan. Selected short stories (handout).

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Any edition.

James, P. D.. Talking about Detective Fiction. Excerpt (handout)

McBain, Ed. Cop Hater. Any edition.

Mosley, Walter. Devil in a Blue Dress. Any edition.

Paretsky, Sara. Writing in an Age of Silence . Excerpt (handout)

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Purloined Letter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat". http://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/index.htm. Available online

Rendell, Ruth. Live Flesh. Any edition.

Optional Reading for the Essay (students select a minimum of one title)
Adams, Douglas. Dirk Gently´s Holistic Detective Agency.

Auster, Paul. The New York Trilogy.

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Lady Audley´s Secret.

Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood.

Christie, Agatha. Murder on the Orient Express.

Connelly, Michael. The Poet.

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Ways of the Hour.

De Quincey, Thomas. "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts".

Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet.

Ellroy, James. The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia.

Friedman, Kinky. Spanking Watson.

Godwin, William. Caleb Williams.

Hammett, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon.

Hiassen, Carl. Double Whammy.

Highsmith, Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley.

James, P.D. A Taste for Death, The Lighthouse, The Black Tower.

McDermid, Val. The Mermaids Singing.

Paretsky, Sara. Deadlock.

Pearl, Matthew. The Poe Shadow.

Sayers, Dorothy L. Strong Poison, Gaudy Nights.

Sayers, Dorothy L. The Nine Tailors.

Tey, Josephine. The Daughter of Time.

Vine, Barbara [pseudo. Ruth Rendell]. A Dark-Adapted Eye.

Walters, Minette. The Shape of Snakes, The Echo, The Sculptress.

Wambaugh, Joseph. Hollywood Station.

Approved by Faculty Board of Arts and Education, 16 March 2010

 

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