UID:
almahu_9949568429902882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781000900149
,
1000900142
,
9781000900170
,
1000900177
,
9781003362159
,
100336215X
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in contemporary literature
Content:
This is the first book- length academic study of the portrayal in contemporary historical crime fiction of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and their legacies. It discusses novels written by five authors: David Downing, Philip Kerr, Luke McCallin, Joseph Kanon and David Thomas. Their work belongs to a subgenre of the historical crime novel that has emerged since the late 1980s to become a significant body of writing located at the intersection of crime fiction and Holocaust literature. The readings of these novels explore questions of form and genre to ask how popular fiction might approach the Holocaust. Themes of resistance and complicity and the relationship between them, and problems of guilt and responsibility are also discussed. This book also explores questions of justice to show how these novels explore social and moral justice, and vengeance
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 1032423005
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032423005
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
History.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003362159
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003362159