Jim Mancall

James Ellroy

A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
Herausgeber: Foxwell, Elizabeth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive guide to James Ellroy's work and life is arranged as an encyclopedia covering his entire career, from his first private-eye novel, Brown's Requiem, to his 2012 e-book Shakedown. It introduces new readers to his characters and plots, and provides experienced Ellroy fans and scholars with detailed analyses of the themes, motifs and stylistic innovations of his books. The work is a tour of Ellroy's dark underworld, highlighting the controversies and unsettling questions that characterize his work, as well as assessing Ellroy's place in the annals of American literature.

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Produktdetails

• McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction Nr.6
• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780786433070
• ISBN-10: 0786433078
• Artikelnr.: 40742816

Autorenporträt

Jim Mancall is assistant provost at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he occasionally lectures about detective and mystery fiction. He lives in Norton, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments delete
ix Preface delete
1 Organization of the Companion delete
4 Ellroy's Works in Chronological Order delete
5 Ellroy's Works in Alphabetical Order delete
7 A Brief Biography delete
9 A Career Chronology delete
13 The Companion delete
15 Annotated Bibliography delete
213 Index delete
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