The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology

is the first comprehensive examination of crime fiction and ecocriticism. Across 33 innovative chapters from leading international scholars, this considers an emergent field of contemporary crime narratives that are actively responding to a diverse assemblage of global environmental concerns, whilst also opening up 'classic' crime fictions and writers to new ecocritical perspectives. Rigorously engaged with cutting-edge critical trends, it places the familiar staples of crime fiction scholarship - from thematic to formal approaches - in conversation with a number of urgent ecological theories and ideas, covering subjects such as environmental security, environmental justice, slow violence, ecofeminism and animal studies. is an essential introduction to this new and dynamic research field for both students and scholars alike.