Justice and revenge in contemporary american crime fiction
Auteur :
Sim, Stuart
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137469656
Date de publication :
8 avr. 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.