Stuart Sim

Gebundenes Buch

Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction

Beschreibung

The detective figure in contemporary American crime fiction increasingly relies on revenge to bring about justice in a society where there has been a sharp decline in moral values. This study demonstrates how the notion of the detective as a moral exemplar or heroic ideal breaks down in the works of writers such as James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky.

Autor

Stuart Sim is retired Professor of Critical Theory at Northumbria University, UK. A Fellow of the English Association, he has published widely in the fields of critical theory and the novel as social criticism. Recent works include The End of Modernity (2010), The Lyotard Dictionary (ed., 2011), and Fifty Key Thinkers in Postmodernism (2013).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK / Palgrave Pivot / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-46965-6
• 2015 edition
• Seitenzahl: 133
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781137469656
• ISBN-10: 113746965X
• Artikelnr.: 42458805