A few words to present a dictionary that was published in
September in France, dealing with all the aspects of French
popular lit. and genre lit., including of course detection
novels, crime novels, some modern noir…etc
Being a dictionary, it is more designed as a well
documented introduction given under each of the 500 entries,
than an encyclopaedic approach. It's definitely not
exhaustive, but remains very interesting by its broad
spectrum of subjects. Under others, good leads to the roots
of crime novel and noir through the French "feuilletonists",
or the very fist signs of detection and police work in novels
during the early 19th century…
Title: "DICTIONNAIRE DE LA LITTERATURE POPULAIRE
FRANCOPHONE"
Editor : Daniel Comp貥 - Publisher : Nouveau Monde
Editions
(I took part to it, *very* modestly, concerning
certain aspects of contemporary French noir)
Other genres are of course presented: SF and
fantasy, adventure, romance, sword, and many more (through
analyses of publications and authors from France, Canada,
Belgium)
All avoiding unnecessary university specialist
jargon.
A good "survival tool" for aficionados,
researchers and teachers.
It's in French, but I suppose it can be of
interest for some members of this list.
Short presentation (with part of Comp貥's
Introduction to the dictionary), at:
http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article19951.php
E.Borgers
POLAR NOIR
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