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Author: Ilana Shiloh
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780820468433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present book explores detective and crime-mystery fiction and film from the perspective of their entrenched metaphors of paradox. --Book Jacket.
Author: Susie DiVietro
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-01-29
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 900436014X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemands for forgiveness, even in the face of horrific crimes, were common to the late twentieth century and remain critical aspirations for persons and communities in the early twenty-first century. Research on forgiveness and revenge has nevertheless revealed that many people hold divergent moral and pragmatic beliefs about forgiving, and most survivors express longstanding skepticism about when forgiveness is appropriate and when it is not. By taking an interdisciplinary approach to these issues, the current volume considers the complexities of forgiveness and revenge in the modern world. The chapters address some of the most critical inquiries today: How is forgiveness facilitated or obstructed? What is the role of truth, restitution, reparation or retribution? When is forgiveness without restitution appropriate? Is forgiveness in the true sense of the term even possible? Through empirical, theoretical and literary analyses, this volume addresses the power of revenge and forgiveness in human affairs and offers a unique outlook on the benefits of interdisciplinary discussions for enhancing forgiveness and deterring revenge in multiple aspects of human life.
Author: Aaron M. Kahn
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2015-10-05
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1443883913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume, experts on the Spanish Golden Age from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States offer analyses of contemporary works that have been influenced by the classics from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Part of the formation of a sense of national identity, always a problematic concept in Spain, is founded in the recognition and appreciation of what has come beforehand, and no other era in the history of Spanish literature and drama represents the talent and fascination that Spaniards and non-Spaniards alike possess with the artistic legacy of this country. In order to establish properly a context for the study of literature or history, one cannot always study the works, writers, or era in isolation; rather, performing scholarly studies on these topics as a continuation of what has come before reveals that many thoughts, concepts, character types, criticisms, and social issues have been thoroughly explored by our literary ancestors. This era is referred to as the Golden Age not only because of the voluminous production of art, literature, drama and poetry, but also because writers such as Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and Pedro Calderón de la Barca, influenced by the re-birth of the Classical masters, presented the reading and viewing public with genuine human emotions and experiences in a more comprehensive manner than in previous eras. In the twentieth century, Spain faced a series of political crises; the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and the Franco Dictatorship (1939-75), followed by the Transition and the concept of historical memory, have provided contemporary Spanish writers with the impetus and freedom to express their views. A frequent source of inspiration has been the Golden Age, that epoch of history that produced such political and religious upheaval, and this book explores the manner in which contemporary Spaniards have reached into the past to connect with their present world.
Author: John T. Irwin
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780801854668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIrwin mirrors the aesthetic impact of the genre by creating in his study the dynamics of a detective story--the uncovering of mysteries, the accumulation of evidence, the tracing of clues, and the final solution that ties it all together.
Author: M. Cook
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-10-12
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0230313736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day.
Author: Brian Docherty
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1988-05-04
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 1349192252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers critical and theoretical perspectives on one of the most popular and enduring literary genres: American crime fiction. There are essays on Edgar Allan Poe, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James M.Cain, Mickey Spillane, George V. Higgins and Jerome Charyn, covering the period from 1840 to 1980. Hammett and Chandler have two essays each, reflecting their importance, and lasting influence on the genre. Each essay deals with a major aspect or concept associated with crime fiction. A variety of reading strategies are employed to interrogate these texts, illustrating both the range of approaches available and the fact that modern literary theory can usefully be applied to any text or genre. Students of crime fiction seeking new readings, and readers interested in modern approaches to literature, such as psychoanalytic theories, Marxist theory, semiotics, and linguistic theory, will find this book useful and informative. The essays are all new, and have been specially written for Insights by leading academics.
Author: E. B. Walters
Publisher: Firetrail Publishing
Published: 2014-10-25
Total Pages: 987
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK****SPECIAL SALE**** Discover the sexy bestselling Fitzgerald series by E. B. Walters This boxed set contains three full-length, stand-alone novels: SLOW BURN: Ashley Fitzgerald and Ron Noble's story MINE UNTIL DAWN: Jade Fitzgerald and Vince Knight's story KISS ME CRAZY: Baron Fitzgerald and Kara Michaels Dangerously handsome millionaire playboy Ron Noble is hiding a deadly secret. Now someone else knows it and is leaving him clues, which leads him straight to Ashley Fitzgerald, the woman who has every reason to hate him and his family. Gorgeous, but damaged millionaire and gallery owner Baron Fitzgerald plays by his own rules. He is unstoppable when he wants something and he always wins. Always. When his most valuable employee decides to quit, he offers her everything to make her stay, including a week in his bed at a secluded cottage. But his offer is just the beginning. Arrogant investigative reporter Vince Knight lives dangerously. In fact, he craves danger and trouble always finds him. When he goes in search of a missing artifact, he finds a priceless gem—a woman he can’t have. Or can he? ALSO IN THE SERIES: DANGEORUS LOVE (Book Four): Faith Fitzgerald's story FOREVER HERS (Book Five): Eddie Fitzgerald's story SURRENDER TO TEMPTATION (Book Six): Chase Fitzgerald's story IMPULSIVE DESIRE (Book Seven-coming Nov 17th): Lex Fitzgerald's story FROM THE AUTHOR: To my fans, thank you for your support. Without you, this series would not have become this popular. So enjoy... *hugs* E. B. Walters
Author: Ian Dixon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2022-07-14
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1501368664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first collection dedicated to David Bowie's acting career shows that his film characterisations and performance styles shift and reform as decoratively as his musical personas. Though he was described as the most influential pop artis of the 20th century, whose work became synonymous with mask, mystery, sexual excess and ch-ch-ch-changing genres, Bowie also applied his genius to the craft of acting. Bowie's considerable filmography is systematically examined in 12 scholarly essays that include tributes to Bowie's performance craft in other media forms. Classic films such as The Prestige and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, cult hits Labyrinth and The Man Who Fell To Earth, as well as lesser-known roles in The Image, Christiane F. and Broadway hit The Elephant Man are viewed, not simply through the lens of Bowie's mega-stardom, but as the work of a serious actor with inimitable talent. This compelling analysis celebrates the risk-taking intelligence and bravura of David Bowie: actor, mime, mimic and icon.
Author: Lisann Anders
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2020-05-20
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 1527552160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe cannot imagine our world without its digital mirror anymore. We communicate to others in mediated ways and even create ourselves through our technological devices, presenting an imagined version of us to the outside world. This book is concerned with precisely this imagination of the self in an increasing digitalized society, going back to the beginning of our digital age, to the peak of postmodernism at the end of the 20th century. Looking at urban fiction from the 1980s to the early 2000s, the journey of fictional protagonists through the streets of (mostly) New York City reveals an anxiety about the loss of self in the virtual, culminating in violence and destruction. From Auster and Ellis to Palahniuk and DeLillo, this book highlights how an increasingly distanced communication triggers the imagination of violence, making it an insightful read for scholars and aficionados of city literature, postmodernism, and communication alike.
Author: Antoine Dechêne
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-08-16
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 331994469X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book establishes the genealogy of a subgenre of crime fiction that Antoine Dechêne calls the metacognitive mystery tale. It delineates a corpus of texts presenting 'unreadable' mysteries which, under the deceptively monolithic appearance of subverting traditional detective story conventions, offer a multiplicity of motifs – the overwhelming presence of chance, the unfulfilled quest for knowledge, the urban stroller lost in a labyrinthine text – that generate a vast array of epistemological and ontological uncertainties. Analysing the works of a wide variety of authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry James, this book is vital reading for scholars of detective fiction.
