Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction

This book directly explores the three aspects of deviance that contemporary American crime fiction manipulates: linguistic, social, and generic. Gregoriou conducts case studies into crime series by James Patterson, Michael Connelly and Patricia Cornwell, and investigates the way in which these novelists correspondingly challenge linguistic norms, the boundaries of acceptable social behavior, and the relevant generic conventions.

Christina Gregoriou is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Leeds, UK. She has published several articles on deviance in crime fiction.

Introduction: Narratology and Deviance * Contemporary Crime Fiction: Constraints and Development * Linguistic Deviance: The Stylistics of Criminal Justification * Social Deviance in Contemporary American Crime Fiction * Generic Deviance in Contemporary American Crime Fiction * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index Introduction: Narratology and Deviance * Contemporary Crime Fiction: Constraints and Development * Linguistic Deviance: The Stylistics of Criminal Justification * Social Deviance in Contemporary American Crime Fiction * Generic Deviance in Contemporary American Crime Fiction * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index