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Masquerade, Crime and Fiction

Criminal Deceptions

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  • © 2006

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  1. Linden Peach
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Part of the book series: Crime Files (CF)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Mocking Modernity

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 1-24

  3. Gender and Performance in the Criminal Masquerade

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 25-55

  4. The Cadaver as Criminalised Text

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 56-80

  5. Where Does That Criminality Come From? Writing Women and Crime

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 81-103

  6. Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Sara Paretsky: The New Woman

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 104-128

  7. Masquerade, Criminality and Desire in Toni Morrison’s Love

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 129-149

  8. Writing the Serial and Callous Killer into (Post) Modernity

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 150-172

  9. Conclusion

    • Linden Peach
    Pages 173-176

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 177-184
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About this book

This study of crime and masquerade in fiction focuses upon the criminal as a 'performer'. Through stimulating discussions of a wide range of criminal types, Peach argues for the importance of novels that have been neglected. The book integrates incisive literary and cultural criticism with arguments about gender, masquerade, crime and culture.

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' a significant and worthwhile contribution to the study of crime fiction Peach's excellent study deserves to be taken seriously by those working in the expanding area of crime fiction.' Bran Nicol, Review of English Studies

About the author

LINDEN PEACH is Professor and Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at Northumbria University, UK. He was previously Professor of Modern Literature at the Universities of Gloucestershire and Loughborough. His previous publications include studies of Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter and the contemporary Irish novel.

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