Edgar Award-winning crime novelist Minette Walters is known for revitalizing the tradition of the stand-alone psychological thriller in books such as The Ice House, The Dark Room, Acid Row and Fox Evil. This book offers an in-depth analysis of Walters' narrative technique and examines the major themes found throughout her work, including truth and justice, the treatment of children, patterns of victimization, British social issues, body image and body politics, the fashioning of identity, and heroism and evil in society. In addition, it includes a valuable interview with Walters.
Edgar Award-winning crime novelist Minette Walters is known for revitalizing the tradition of the stand-alone psychological thriller in books such as The Ice House, The Dark Room, Acid Row and Fox Evil. This book offers an in-depth analysis of Walters' narrative technique and examines the major themes found throughout her work, including truth and justice, the treatment of children, patterns of victimization, British social issues, body image and body politics, the fashioning of identity, and heroism and evil in society. In addition, it includes a valuable interview with Walters.
Mary Hadley, a former associate professor of writing and linguistics at Georgia Southern University, is retired and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sarah D. Fogle is a professor of communication and humanities at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has 40 years of experience in higher education and she has published numerous articles on detective and crime fiction.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Mary Hadley and Sarah D. Fogle Truth and Justice Mary Hadley Soul Murder: Children in Minette Walters' Novels Sarah D. Fogle Body of Evidence/Body as Evidence in The Sculptress Caren J. Town Shakespeare, Scolds, and Self-Fashioning: The Making of Mathilda Gillespie in The Scold's Bridle Rhonda Knight A Wounded World: Victim/Victimizers in The Scold's Bridle, The Dark Room, and The Breaker Lois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley British Social Issues Donna Waller Harper The Impenetrable M and the Mysteries of Narration: Narrative in The Shape of Snakes Tilda Maria Forselius Society, Evil, and Other Nancy Eliot Parker The Tangled Web of Justice and Revenge: Narrative Devices and Subtexts in The Devil's Feather Gerri Reaves Everyday Heroes: Women of Valor Rachel Schaffer Online Interview with Minette Walters Minette Walters and Contributors Notes on Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Mary Hadley and Sarah D. Fogle Truth and Justice Mary Hadley Soul Murder: Children in Minette Walters' Novels Sarah D. Fogle Body of Evidence/Body as Evidence in The Sculptress Caren J. Town Shakespeare, Scolds, and Self-Fashioning: The Making of Mathilda Gillespie in The Scold's Bridle Rhonda Knight A Wounded World: Victim/Victimizers in The Scold's Bridle, The Dark Room, and The Breaker Lois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley British Social Issues Donna Waller Harper The Impenetrable M and the Mysteries of Narration: Narrative in The Shape of Snakes Tilda Maria Forselius Society, Evil, and Other Nancy Eliot Parker The Tangled Web of Justice and Revenge: Narrative Devices and Subtexts in The Devil's Feather Gerri Reaves Everyday Heroes: Women of Valor Rachel Schaffer Online Interview with Minette Walters Minette Walters and Contributors Notes on Contributors Index
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