Rewriting wrongs : French crime fiction and the Palimpsest / edited by Angela Kimyongür and Amy Wigelsworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kimyongür, Angela, editor.

Wigelsworth, Amy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories, French--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Current or former academic at Sheffield Hallam University or Polytechnic

Summary:

Rewriting Wrongs: French Crime Fiction and the Palimpsest furthers scholarly research into French crime fiction and, within that broad context, examines the nature, functions and specificity of the palimpsest. Originally a palaeographic phenomenon, the palimpsest has evolved into a figurative notion used to define any cultural artefact which has been reused but still bears traces of its earlier form. In her 2007 study The Palimpsest, Sarah Dillon refers to ""the persistent fascination with pal...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6863-9

OCLC:

892799131