Sara Paretsky - Detective Fiction As Trauma Literature

This is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky's detective fiction. Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values.

Info autore

Cynthia S. Hamilton is Professor of American Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool Hope University

Riassunto

This is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky’s detective fiction. Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cynthia Hamilton, Cynthia S. Hamilton, Hamilton Cynthia
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781526156044
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5604-4
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism