Mysteries and detective stories are among the most popular of books but the writers of such genre fiction suffer from a perception that their work is to be taken less seriously than so-called literary fiction. The novels of James Lee Burke, one of the most distinguished writers of crime novels, challenge that notion, as do the 12 essays in this collection. This work examines Burke as a writer who has expanded the mystery-detective genre with an astonishing diversity of themes, imaginative language and descriptions, and unforgettable characters. He seems unbounded by limitations of genre. An interview with Burke is included.…mehr
Mysteries and detective stories are among the most popular of books but the writers of such genre fiction suffer from a perception that their work is to be taken less seriously than so-called literary fiction. The novels of James Lee Burke, one of the most distinguished writers of crime novels, challenge that notion, as do the 12 essays in this collection. This work examines Burke as a writer who has expanded the mystery-detective genre with an astonishing diversity of themes, imaginative language and descriptions, and unforgettable characters. He seems unbounded by limitations of genre. An interview with Burke is included.
Leonard Engel, a professor of English at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, is the editor of several essay collections and the author of numerous articles.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction LEONARD ENGEL 1. The Struggles of Southern Identity in White Doves at Morning BRAD KLYPCHAK 2. "I Took No Joy in It": Southern Violence and Folk Justice in the Robicheaux Novels PATRICIA GAITELY 3. Soldiering On: Dave Robicheaux and Vietnam DONALD ANDERSON 4. "Jesus Out to Sea": Burke's Homage to Those Left Behind in the War Zone BARBARA ZIMMERMAN BOGUE 5. Ghosts, Demons, or the DTs? The Supernatural in the Robicheaux Series LINDA J. HOLLAND-TOLL 6. Believe Not Every Spirit: Strange Shadows in the Novels BRETT WESTBROOK 7. Water, Water Everywhere: Elemental Poetics and Politics in The Tin Roof Blowdown JOSIANE PELTIER 8. The Entangled Web: Heaven's Prisoners in Manichean Prisons SAM COALE 9. The Past Is the Past: Refusing to Age Gracefully in the Robicheaux Series THOMAS EASTERLING 10. The Evil That Men Do: Options for Masculinity BRETT WESTBROOK 11. Cimarron Rose: Guns and Roses in the West JOHN M. GOURLIE 12. Robicheaux's Sublime Torment on Film: Phil Joanou's Heaven's Prisoners (1996) and Bertrand Tavernier's In the Electric Mist (2009) DENNIS ROTHERMEL Interview with James Lee Burke LEONARD ENGEL About the Contributors Index .
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction LEONARD ENGEL 1. The Struggles of Southern Identity in White Doves at Morning BRAD KLYPCHAK 2. "I Took No Joy in It": Southern Violence and Folk Justice in the Robicheaux Novels PATRICIA GAITELY 3. Soldiering On: Dave Robicheaux and Vietnam DONALD ANDERSON 4. "Jesus Out to Sea": Burke's Homage to Those Left Behind in the War Zone BARBARA ZIMMERMAN BOGUE 5. Ghosts, Demons, or the DTs? The Supernatural in the Robicheaux Series LINDA J. HOLLAND-TOLL 6. Believe Not Every Spirit: Strange Shadows in the Novels BRETT WESTBROOK 7. Water, Water Everywhere: Elemental Poetics and Politics in The Tin Roof Blowdown JOSIANE PELTIER 8. The Entangled Web: Heaven's Prisoners in Manichean Prisons SAM COALE 9. The Past Is the Past: Refusing to Age Gracefully in the Robicheaux Series THOMAS EASTERLING 10. The Evil That Men Do: Options for Masculinity BRETT WESTBROOK 11. Cimarron Rose: Guns and Roses in the West JOHN M. GOURLIE 12. Robicheaux's Sublime Torment on Film: Phil Joanou's Heaven's Prisoners (1996) and Bertrand Tavernier's In the Electric Mist (2009) DENNIS ROTHERMEL Interview with James Lee Burke LEONARD ENGEL About the Contributors Index .
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