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>From: "E. Borgers" <
webeurop@yahoo.fr>
>
>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 Compère - Publisher : Nouveau Monde
Editions
> (I took part to it, *very* modestly, concerning
certain aspects of contemporary French noir)
I can second this. I've seen a number of the entries and
they're very well done. It's quite the most comprehensive
thing on the subject yet done, and for anyone interested in
French crime and noir fiction (a field grossly
underappreciated in Anglophone countries) it is essential
reading.
jess
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