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Fans across the globe are familiar with Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander series and the Starz television series that adapts it. Combining science fiction time travel and historical romance, the Outlanderuniverse has captivated millions with its detail and complexity. However, few readers or viewers realize how large an influence the mystery genre has had on Gabaldon's plots, characters, and writing style. Her Lord John series of novels and short stories is obviously rooted in the crime fiction tradition, although it doesn't play by all of the traditional generic rules. Even the larger Outlandernovels, though, contain at least one mystery in every book. This inclusion of the murder-mystery and other crimes is no accident: the author has stated her love of the genre and her deliberate use of it many times.
This collection of scholarly essays delves into the many connections between the world of Outlander and the world of crime fiction. It analyzes in depth, for the first time, the ways that crime and punishment, vigilante justice, and murder and mystery are represented in both the Outlander and Lord John series. Moving beyond the stereotypical romantic focus, this book demonstrates the variety and complexity of Gabaldon's universe.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Outlander as Crime Fiction?
Erin E. Macdonald
The Numinous Corrupted: Supernatural Framings of Crime in Diana Gabaldon's Lord John Stories Compared to Outlander
Kari Sawden
Epistemophilia and Landscapes: Claire Randall as Metaphysical and Literal Sleuth in Outlander
Katrina Younes
Fixing Those Uppity Witches: Witchcraft and Healing as Crimes of Femininity in Outlander
Racheal Harris
"A Fugitive Green": Outsiders at Play with Convention
Roy Geiger
Living a Crime: Double Consciousness Follows Lord John as a Closeted Detective
Valerie Estelle Frankel
Lord John and the Age of Reason: Gabaldon's Atypical Rationalist Detective
Erin E. Macdonald
The Personal and Political Motivations for Crime and Crime Fighting in the Lord John Series
Erin E. Macdonald
Crime Solving "Gays": Anti-Stereotypical and Powerful Portrayals of Queer Sexualities in the Crime Fiction of Victor J. Banis and Diana Gabaldon
Süleyman Bölükbä
Disguising the Gay Hero as He Combats Crimes of the British Empire: Slavery and Colonialism in the Lord John Series
Lisa Elwood-Farber
Yi Tien Cho: Chinese or Criminal? Race and Criminality in Diana Gabaldon's Voyager
Justine Trinh
Crime, Trauma, and the Ethics of Jamie Fraser
Racheal Harris
Open Wounds: Decentering the Televisual Rape/Recovery Crime Narrative in Outlander
Jason Davids Scott
When Murder Isn't a Crime: Exploring Vigilante Justice in the Outlander Television Series
Jaclyn Smith-Wilson
"As you've never seen it before": Diana Gabaldon, Hoang Nguyen, and the Graphic Crime Novel
Suzanne Manizza Roszak
About the Contributors
Index
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Erin E. MacDonald is a professor of English at Fanshawe College's School of Language and Liberal Studies in London, Ontario. She has published books on Ed McBain and Robert Downey Jr., and her mystery companion book on Ian Rankin was nominated for an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of American and Comparative Cultures and Clues.
