Deconstructing True Crime Literature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Charlotte Barnes

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This book provides a critical discussion of True Crime literature, arguing for the deconstruction of the genre into subgenres that better reflect a work’s contents. In analysing seminal and lesser-known works, the areas of authenticity, accuracy, and author proximity are considered to form a framework on which an individual publication’s subgenre (re)categorisation can be assessed. The book considers the likes of Ann Rule, Truman Capote, and Maggie Nelson, among other notable authors. Their works – those that fit into True Crime and those that defy categorisation within the genre as it exists – are reviewed, and their defining features critiqued. Topics such as narrative methodologies, figurative language, and utilisation of research are considered in support of this. These strands combine to a larger discussion regarding a deconstruction of True Crime, and the ways in which this will improve the social responsibility of the genre, and encourage a more conscientious consumerism of it.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2023-09-12
  • Mått148 x 210 x 17 mm
  • Vikt413 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieCrime Files
  • Antal sidor212
  • Upplaga2023
  • FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN9783031410444