Author : C. Gregoriou
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230207219
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Book Synopsis Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction by : C. Gregoriou
Download or read book Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction written by C. Gregoriou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the three aspects of deviance that contemporary crime fiction manipulates: linguistic, social, and generic. Gregoriou conducts case studies into crime series by James Patterson, Michael Connelly and Patricia Cornwell, and investigates the way in which these novelists correspondingly challenge those aforementioned conventions.