Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction: DCI Shakespeare Hardcover - 2016
by Lisa Hopkins
From the rear cover
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.
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- Title Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction: DCI Shakespeare
- Author Lisa Hopkins
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 204
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
- Date 2016-05-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781137538741 / 1137538740
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.63 x 5.99 x 0.67 in (21.92 x 15.21 x 1.70 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Shakespeare, William, Detective and mystery stories, English
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016936402
- Dewey Decimal Code 809
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