Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction offers an overview of the ways in which the past is brought back to the surface and influences the present in British detective fiction written between 1920 and 2020. Exploring a range of authors including Agatha Christie, Patricia Wentworth, Val McDermid, Sarah Caudwell, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Dunnett, Jonathan Stroud and Ben Aaronovitch, Lisa Hopkins argues that both the literal and literary disinterment of the past use elements of the national past to interrogate the present. As such, in the texts discussed, uncovering the truth about an individual crime is also typically an uncovering of a more general connection between the present and the past. Whether detective novels explore murders on archaeological digs, hauntings, cold crimes or killings at Christmas, Hopkins explores the underlying message that you cannot understand the present unless you understand the past.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Crime Files
Release date:	2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	Lisa Hopkins
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	201
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-065762-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	3-03-065762-0
Barcode:	9783030657628

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