Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction
DCI Shakespeare
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2016
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1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-71159-8 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-71159-8 (ISBN)
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This book explores why crime fiction so often alludes to Shakespeare. It ranges widely over a variety of authors including classic golden age crime writers such as the four 'queens of crime' (Allingham, Christie, Marsh, Sayers), Nicholas Blake and Edmund Crispin, as well as more recent authors such as Reginald Hill, Kate Atkinson and Val McDermid. It also looks at the fondness for Shakespearean allusion in a number of television crime series, most notably Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse and Lewis, and considers the special sub-genre of detective stories in which a lost Shakespeare play is found. It shows how Shakespeare facilitates discussions about what constitutes justice, what authorises the detective to track down the villain, who owns the countryside, national and social identities, and the question of how we measure cultural value.
Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and co-editor of Shakespeare, the journal of the British Shakespeare Society. She has published widely on Shakespeare, Marlowe and Ford.
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. Wild Justice: Mercy, Revenge and the Detective.- 2. Who Owns the Wood? Appropriating A Midsummer Night's Dream.- 3. Border Patrol: Shakespearean Allusions and Social and National Identities.- 4. Stealing Shakespeare: Detective Fiction and Cultural Value.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.04.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Palgrave Shakespeare Studies |
Zusatzinfo | biography |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Schlagworte | Contemporary fiction • Crime Fiction • Detective Fiction • Fiction • Shakespeare • Shakespearean allusion |
ISBN-10 | 1-349-71159-4 / 1349711594 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-349-71159-8 / 9781349711598 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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