Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction / by C. Gregoriou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregoriou, Christiana, 1978-

Series:

Crime Files, 2947-8359

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Fiction.

America--Literatures.

America.

European literature.

Literature, Modern--19th century.

Literature, Modern.

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

Fiction Literature.

North American Literature.

European Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Local Subjects:

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

Fiction Literature.

North American Literature.

European Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2007.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the three aspects of deviance that contemporary crime fiction manipulates: linguistic, social, and generic. Gregoriou conducts case studies into crime series by James Patterson, Michael Connelly and Patricia Cornwell, and investigates the way in which these novelists correspondingly challenge those aforementioned conventions.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Narratology and Deviance; 2 Contemporary Crime Fiction: Constraints and Development; 3 Linguistic Deviance: The Stylistics of Criminal Justification; 4 Social Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction; 5 Generic Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction; 6 Conclusion; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610862047

9781280862045

1280862041

9780230207219

0230207219

OCLC:

314794460