4. Devil or Angel: Fatal Passion in the American Crime Novel

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. 1. The Crime Novel: Guilt and Menace 1
6. 2. Deviant Impulses: Incest and Doubling 14
7. 3. Ontological Insecurities: Time and Space in the American Crime Novel 30
8. 4. Devil or Angel: Fatal Passion in the American Crime Novel 54
9. 5. Pale Criminals and Murderees: The Problem of Justice in the English Crime Novel 72
10. 6. Civilization and Its Discontents: Simenon, Millar, Highsmith, and Thompson 97
11. Coda 152
12. Notes 155
13. Bibliography 167
14. Index 177