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050	0	0	_aPS 374 .S87 _bA46 2014
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245	0	4	_aThe American thriller / _ceditor, Gary Hoppenstand, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan.
250			_a[First edition].
260			_aIpswich, Massachusetts : _bSalem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; _aAmenia, NY : _bGrey House Publishing, _c[2014]
300			_axviii, 222 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCritical insights
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index.
505	0		_aAbout this volume / Gary Hoppenstand -- On the American thriller / Gary Hoppenstand -- Critical contexts. The crime thriller in context / Kate Watson -- The legal thriller in context / Ayoola Onatade -- The techno thriller in context / John A. Dowell -- The psychological thriller in context / Kristopher Mecholsky -- Critical readings. Death's head: Thomas Harris / Abby Bentham -- Lee Child's pure, uncomplicated hero / Elizabeth Blakesley -- Robert Bloch's archetypal thriller: Psycho, the novel / Garyn G. Roberts -- The elusive genius of Michael Crichton / Chris Richardson -- James Patterson: An uncertain legacy / Philip L. Simpson -- John Grisham: The master of the fast-moving legal thriller / Susan J. Tyburski -- In the popular tradition / Helen S. Garson -- The life of Robin Cook / Lorena Laura Stookey.
520			_a"This volume in the Critical Insights series presents a variety of new essays on the American thriller, a genre in which 'ordinary' heroes are faced with an enemy set on destroying them or something treasured such as freedom or democracy. Rounding out the volume are a list of related thrillers not discussed in the book as well as a bibliography of critical sources for readers seeking to study this theme in greater depth."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aSuspense fiction, American _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aSuspense in literature.
650		4	_aSuspense fiction, American _xHistory and criticism.
700	1		_aHoppenstand, Gary, _eeditor.
830		0	_aCritical insights.
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