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Although George Bernard Shaw quipped that "the Germans lack talent for two things: revolution and crime novels," there is a long tradition of German crime fiction; it simply hasn't aligned itself with international trends. Duringthe 1920s, German-language writers dispensed with the detective and focused instead on criminals, a trend that did not take hold in other countries until after 1945, by which time Germany had gone on to produce antidetective novels that were similarly ahead of their time. German crime fiction has thus always been a curious case; rather than follow the established rules of the genre, it has always been interested in examining, breaking, and ultimately rewriting those rules. This book assembles leading international scholars to examine today's German crime fiction. It features innovative scholarly work that matches the innovativeness of the genre, taking up the Regionalkrimi;crime fiction's reimagining and transforming of traditional identities; historical crime fiction that examines Germany's and Austria's conflicted twentieth-century past; and how the newly vibrant Austrian crime fiction ties in with and differentiates itself from its German counterpart. Contributors: Angelika Baier, Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Kyle Frackman, Sascha Gerhards, Heike Henderson, Susanne C. Knittel, Anita McChesney, Traci S. O'Brien,Jon Sherman, Faye Stewart, Magdalena Waligórska. Lynn M. Kutch is Professor of German at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Todd Herzog is Professor and Head of the Department of German Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

Detective and mystery television programs --- Detective and mystery stories, German --- German fiction --- Austrian fiction --- Television crime shows --- Literature and history --- Identity (Psychology) in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History and literature --- History and poetry --- Poetry and history --- History --- Crime shows --- Crime television programs --- Criminal shows --- Criminal television programs --- Fiction television programs --- Thrillers (Television programs) --- Austrian literature --- German literature --- German detective stories --- German mystery stories --- Austrian authors --- Austrian crime fiction. --- Contemporary Crime Fiction. --- Crime Fiction. --- Crime Genre. --- Detective Fiction. --- German Authors. --- German Crime Novels. --- German Crime Writers. --- German Literature. --- German counterpart. --- German crime fiction. --- German-Language Crime Fiction. --- Literary Analysis. --- Literary Criticism. --- Literary Scholarship. --- Literary Tradition. --- Literary Trends. --- Regionalkrimi. --- historical crime fiction. --- traditional identities.