Justice and Revenge in Contemporary American Crime Fiction

• Author(s): Stuart Sim,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 133
• ISBN_10: 1137469668
  ISBN_13: 9781137469663
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Fiction / General , Literary Criticism / American / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative ,

Description:... The detective figure in contemporary American crime fiction increasingly relies on revenge to bring about justice in a society where there has been a sharp decline in moral values. This study demonstrates how the notion of the detective as a moral exemplar or heroic ideal breaks down in the works of writers such as James Ellroy and Sara Paretsky.