Since the 1979 discovery of her work in a slush pile at Little, Brown, Martha Grimes has gone on to publish more than 30 books, win international acclaim (and a Nero Wolfe Award) for her detective series, and develop a following of readers whose loyalty translates to repeated stays on the best-sellers lists. This collection of 10 critical essays provides an in-depth analysis of Grimes' oeuvre, principally the Richard Jury, Emma Graham, and Andi Oliver series. The essays address Grimes' themes of parental abandonment, loneliness, obsession, greed, mistaken and dual identity, the resilience of…mehr
Since the 1979 discovery of her work in a slush pile at Little, Brown, Martha Grimes has gone on to publish more than 30 books, win international acclaim (and a Nero Wolfe Award) for her detective series, and develop a following of readers whose loyalty translates to repeated stays on the best-sellers lists. This collection of 10 critical essays provides an in-depth analysis of Grimes' oeuvre, principally the Richard Jury, Emma Graham, and Andi Oliver series. The essays address Grimes' themes of parental abandonment, loneliness, obsession, greed, mistaken and dual identity, the resilience of children, stunted romantic relationships and animal cruelty. Particular attention is paid to her engaging characters, strong sense of place and the comedy, which feature so strongly in her novels.
Sarah D. Fogle is a professor of communication and humanities at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has 40 years of experience in higher education and she has published numerous articles on detective and crime fiction.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction SARAH D. FOGLE Martha Grimes and the English MARCIA J. SONGER "You're Always Away When the Ax-Murderers Come": The Plight of Disposable Children DEANE MANSFIELD-KELLEY and LOIS A. MARCHINO The Significance of Place MARY ALICE MONEY "A Play for Us All": Medea and the Spirit Lake Novels AMY HAUSSER Identity, Simulacra, and the Hyperreal: Detectives, Murders, and Victims RHONDA KNIGHT The Woman's Way: Gender and Fictional Style NANCY ELIOT PARKER Humor, Murder and the Ludicrous in Human Behavior MIMOSA STEPHENSON Fear of Commitment: Richard Jury, Melrose Plant, and Women SHERRY GINN Emma Graham, Detective Quest Hero SARAH D. FOGLE Mystery, Murder, Misery and Meat DIANE CALHOUN-FRENCH About the Contributor Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction SARAH D. FOGLE Martha Grimes and the English MARCIA J. SONGER "You're Always Away When the Ax-Murderers Come": The Plight of Disposable Children DEANE MANSFIELD-KELLEY and LOIS A. MARCHINO The Significance of Place MARY ALICE MONEY "A Play for Us All": Medea and the Spirit Lake Novels AMY HAUSSER Identity, Simulacra, and the Hyperreal: Detectives, Murders, and Victims RHONDA KNIGHT The Woman's Way: Gender and Fictional Style NANCY ELIOT PARKER Humor, Murder and the Ludicrous in Human Behavior MIMOSA STEPHENSON Fear of Commitment: Richard Jury, Melrose Plant, and Women SHERRY GINN Emma Graham, Detective Quest Hero SARAH D. FOGLE Mystery, Murder, Misery and Meat DIANE CALHOUN-FRENCH About the Contributor Index
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