Dissecting Hannibal Lecter

Essays on the Novels of Thomas Harris
Herausgeber: Szumskyj, Benjamin

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Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive study of author Thomas Harris' popular works focuses particularly on Harris's internationally known antihero Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in the classic novels Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal. In 12 scholarly essays, the work examines several themes within Harris' trilogy, including the author's artistic exploration of repressed desires, his refinement of neo-noir themes and the serial killer motif, and his developing perceptions of feminine gender roles. Several essays also focus on Harris' works before and after the popular trilogy, examining themes such as gothic romance in Harris's first novel Black Sunday and the making of a monster in the trilogy's 2006 prequel Hannibal Rising.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780786432752
• ISBN-10: 0786432756
• Artikelnr.: 23018147

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Szumskyj, a private high school teacher and qualified library technician, has edited anthologies and essay collections on such authors as Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Thomas Harris and William Peter Blatty. He is also the editor of Studies in Fantasy Literature and Studies in Australian Weird Fiction. He lives in Melville, Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Daniel O'Brien     
Preface     
Introduction     
1. American Gothic: Liminality and the Gothic in Thomas Harris's Hannibal
Lecter Novels
PETER MESSENT     
2. Hannibal at the Lectern: A Textual Analysis of Dr. Hannibal Lecter's
Character and Motivations in Thomas Harris's Red Dragon and The Silence of
the Lambs
JOHN GOODRICH     
3. Gothic Romance and Killer Couples in Black Sunday and Hannibal
PHILIP L. SIMPSON     
4. The Butterfly and the Beast: The Imprisoned Soul in Thomas Harris's
Lecter Trilogy
ROBERT H. WAUGH     
5. This Is the Blind Leading the Blind: Noir, Horror and Reality in Thomas
Harris's Red Dragon
DAVIDE MANA     
6. From Red Dragon to Manhunter
TONY WILLIAMS     
7. Suspense vs. Horror: The Case of Thomas Harris
S.T. JOSHI     
8. Transmogrified Gothic: The Novels of Thomas Harris
TONY MAGISTRALE     
9. Hannibal Rising: Look Back in Anger
ALI S. KARIM     
10. Before Her Lambs Were Silent: Reading Gender and the Feminine in Red
Dragon
PHILLIP A. ELLIS     
11. Black Sunday, Black September: Thomas Harris's Thriller, from Novel to
Film, and the Terror of Reality
SCOTT D. BRIGGS     
12. Morbidity of the Soul: An Appreciation of Hannibal
BENJAMIN SZUMSKYJ     
Afterword: Mythmaker
CHARLES GRAMLICH     
About the Contributors     
Index