Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction - Hardcover

Sim, Stuart

 
9781137469656: Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction
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ISBN 10: 113746965X ISBN 13: 9781137469656
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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).

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Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
113746965X
ISBN 13 
9781137469656
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
139

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