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Deviance in contemporary crime fiction /
Christiana Gregoriou's book explores three aspects of deviance manipulated by contemporary crime fiction: linguistic, social, and generic. In detailed case studies of the work of James Patterson, Michael Connolly and Patricia Cornwell, Gregoriou investigates the ways in which crime fiction chal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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| Colección: | Crime files series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Christiana Gregoriou's book explores three aspects of deviance manipulated by contemporary crime fiction: linguistic, social, and generic. In detailed case studies of the work of James Patterson, Michael Connolly and Patricia Cornwell, Gregoriou investigates the ways in which crime fiction challenges linguistic norms, the boundaries of acceptable social behaviour, and generic conventions. Through the examination of recurrent criminal archetypes such as the monster, the vampire and the spoilt child, and also through analysis of the ways in which crime fiction can be seen as a version of 'carnival', this study attempts to redefine the boundaries of an endlessly fascinating genre. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 178 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230207219 0230207219 9780230594630 0230594638 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |