French crime fiction and the Second World War : Past crimes, present memories /

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By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day this book argues for the importance of crime fiction, and popular culture more generally, as active agents of memory in the ongoing debates over the legacies of the war years...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gorrara, Claire (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
War and literature.
Literature.
French fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, French.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Litterature et guerre.
Roman français > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
World War, 1939-1945 > Literature and the war.
French fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, French > History and criticism.
France.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > In literature.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day this book argues for the importance of crime fiction, and popular culture more generally, as active agents of memory in the ongoing debates over the legacies of the war years in contemporary France.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (160 pages).
ISBN:9781526130181

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