Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in Historical Crime Fiction: ‘What’s One More Murder?’ (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature)

By: Anthony Lake

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Synopsis: This is the first book- length academic study of the portrayal in contemporary historical crime fiction of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and their legacies. It discusses novels written by five authors: David Downing, Philip Kerr, Luke McCallin, Joseph Kanon and David Thomas. Their work belongs to a subgenre of the historical crime novel that has emerged since the late 1980s to become a significant body of writing located at the intersection of crime fiction and Holocaust literature. The readings of these novels explore questions of form and genre to ask how popular fiction might approach the Holocaust. Themes of resistance and complicity and the relationship between them, and problems of guilt and responsibility are also discussed. This book also explores questions of justice to show how these novels explore social and moral justice, and vengeance and revenge, as alternatives to ordinary legal justice after the Holocaust.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 264 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000900170
Related ISBNs:: 9781032423005, 9781000900149, 9781003362159
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 04/16/24
Copyrighted By:: Anthony Lake
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.