Comic Crime by Bargainnier (31 results)

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Quarto, 9" tall, 195 pages, stiff color illustrated wraps. A near fine, clean, neat soft cover with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper bright, with slight foxing on the fore-edges.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Comic Crime, edited by Earl Bargainnier (First Edition) A tight, square copy. Minor shelfwear. First Edition (not stated), trade paperback with glossy pictorial wrappers. Includes essays on comedy in crime and mystery fiction. Review copy; publisher's original review copy receipt/bookmark laid in. Earl Bargainnier(Editor) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with shelf/edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

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Trade Paperback. Condition: NF. 1st Edition. First Edition. Trade PB issued similtaneously with a hardcover edition . Near Fine condition with some light shelf wear. Review copy with pub lisher's slip laid-in. Articles on humor in detective fiction by H.R.F . Keating, Michael Dunne and others.

Soft cover. Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Anthology of 11 essays delving into the use of common formulas used in crime fiction as a vehicle of comedy, and indeed, laughter. A somewhat uneasy relationship between mirth and death is prevalent in fiction. One might recall Northrup Frye's classification of the entire genre of detective fiction into the category of Comic Fictional Modes --- albeit in the sense that evil is always thwarted and good reigns. The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin, in this "anything-can-happen" genre, are examined among many.…

Condition: New. The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304. . 1991. Paperback. . . . .…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 202 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304. . 1991. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Condition: New. pp. 202 1st Edition.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorEarl F. Bargainnier ( 1987) was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English Language and Literature at Wesleyan College. A former president of the Popular Culture Association, he was the author of more than sixty articles .

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