Del i serien Crime Files

American Thriller

Generic Innovation and Social Change in the 1970s

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

AvP. Cobley

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-11-08
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt393 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCrime Files
Antal sidor242
Upplaga2000
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333776681

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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