Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

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.

Zusammenfassung

This is the first book to examine the phenomenon of Shakespearean allusion in crime fiction

Examines a wide range of fiction from well-known crime writers such as Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Kate Atkinson

It looks at Shakespearean allusion in other media, most notably TV series

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
Inhalt:	vii 204 S.
ISBN-13:	9781137538741
ISBN-10:	1137538740
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-1-137-53874-1
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Hopkins, Lisa
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan UK Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
Maße:	216 x 153 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Lisa Hopkins
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.05.2016
Gewicht:	0,393 kg

Artikel-ID: 104015048