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Anxiety and evil in the writings of Patricia Highsmith / Fiona Peters.
Van Pelt Library PS3558.I366 Z8 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peters, Fiona.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995--Criticism and interpretation.
- Highsmith, Patricia.
- Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
- Anxiety in literature.
- Good and evil in literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 206 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
- Summary:
- Peters (Bath Spa U., Britain) examines the work of American writer Highsmith (1921-95), whose novels and short stories are variously categorized as crime fiction, mystery, or suspense. In a selection of pieces, she highlights themes that recur throughout Highsmith's career. Early work portrays the suburbs of the 1950s and protagonists who are exiles in a close-knit communities, she says, and later work carries the exile theme to actual foreign countries, among them femininity. A separate section considers the Ripley novels. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409423348
- 1409423344
- 9781409423355
- 1409423352
- OCLC:
- 695685839
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