- Title
- Criminal moves: towards a theory of crime fiction mobility
- Creator
- Gulddal, Jesper; King, Stewart; Rolls, Alistair
- Relation
- Criminal Moves: Modes of Mobility in Crime Fiction p. 1-24
- Relation
- Liverpool English Texts and Studies 78
- Relation
- https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/isbn/9781802077063
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Crime fiction, as a constituent member of the field of ‘popular literature’ and an object of literary criticism, has historically been encumbered by a set of restrictive preconceptions: that the genre does not warrant detailed critical analysis, that genre norms and conventions matter more than textual individuality, and that comparative or transnational perspectives are secondary to the study of the core British-American canon. The present volume challenges the distinction between literary and popular fiction, which we regard as a relic of a previous, elitist view of literature. Also, and more importantly, it posits that this baggage hinders our engagement with what we regard as the inherent mobility of crime fiction. It is easy enough to point towards individual crime fiction narratives that validate the critical blueprints. Yet, we argue that crime fiction is nonetheless characterized by a transgressive impulse that actively reflects on and challenges its own generic limitations, thereby potentially recuperating the genre from the stasis of established forms. This is what we understand by mobility: crime fiction, far from being static and staid, must be seen as a genre constantly violating its own boundaries.
- Subject
- crime fiction; mobility; criticism; literature; interpretation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1441770
- Identifier
- uon:41526
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781789620580
- Language
- eng
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