American Thriller

Generic Innovation and Social Change in the 1970s

AvP. Cobley

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

What is the American thriller? Has it developed over time? What was it like in the past? This is a book about thrillers and gaining knowledge of what American thrillers were like in a specific period - the 1970s. Analyzing 70s texts about crime, police, detectives, corruption, paranoia and revenge, this study aims to open debates on the genre in the light of audience theory, literary history and the place of popular fiction at the moment of its production.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-11-08
Mått:140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:393 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Crime Files
Antal sidor:242
Upplaga:2000
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333776681

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Essäer inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

PAUL COBLEY is Senior Lecturer in Communications at London Guildhall University.

Recensioner i media

"...[a] well-informed, theoretical book..." - The Times Literary Supplement

Innehållsförteckning

Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction Firing the Generic Canon Reading the Space of the Seventies 'The Luxury to Worry about Justice': Hard-boiled Style and Heroism What do we 'Believe' when we 'See'? Views of Crime 'Keeping that Sixth Ball in the Air': The Police Sambos or Superspades? Just Because You're Paranoid it Doesn't Mean They're Not Out To Get You 'Thank God for the Rain...': Revenge from Dirty Harry to The Exterminator Conclusion Notes Index