Like Hot Knives to the Brain - James Ellroy's Search for Himself

Informationen zum Autor Peter Wolfe is a curators' professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The author of more than 20 books, he has also taught in Canada, New Zealand, Taiwan, Russia, Poland and Australia. Klappentext James Ellroy's prose, in many ways as complex as any in the Western literary canon, strung together sensational stories of crime and catastrophe. The significance of his writing to Western culture has yet to be fully explored. Author Peter Wolfe offers us the first book-length study of Ellroy in English. Zusammenfassung James Ellroy's prose! in many ways as complex as any in the Western literary canon! strung together sensational stories of crime and catastrophe. The significance of his writing to Western culture has yet to be fully explored. Author Peter Wolfe offers us the first book-length study of Ellroy in English. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 An All-Star Cast of Ruffians Chapter 2 Ghostly Visitations Chapter 3 The Art of Attack Chapter 4 A Cosmology with Mirrors Chapter 5 Riding a Nightmare with Crazy Lloyd Chapter 6 Back-door Justice on the Killing Fields: The L.A. Quartet Chapter 7 An All-Star Criminal Cast

Product details

• Authors: Peter Wolfe, Wolfe Peter
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780739120026
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2002-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general