Tracked shipping to Austria with premium packaging for just 3,99 € 

Ship to
Austria
0

My Account

  • argentina
  • chile
  • colombia
  • españa
  • méxico
  • perú
  • estados unidos
  • internacional

menu

Select your country

Americas

Europe

Rest of the world

portada James Ellroy and Voyeur Fiction
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.7 x 2.0 cm
Weight
0.48 kg.
ISBN13
9781498565806
Categories

James Ellroy and Voyeur Fiction

Nathan Ashman (Author) · Lexington Books · Hardcover

James Ellroy and Voyeur Fiction - Ashman, Nathan

New Book Imported to Austria
Delivery: 07 Jul - 09 Jul Shipping: 5 to 6 business days.
127,27 €
Import costs and 10% VAT included in the price ✅
127,27 €

Choose the list to add your product or create one New List

Go to My Wishlists
Calculate shipping cost

Synopsis "James Ellroy and Voyeur Fiction"

James Ellroy is an acclaimed yet controversial popular novelist. Since the publication of his first novel Brown's Requiem in 1981, Ellroy's eccentric "Demon Dog" persona and his highly stylized, often pornographically violent crime novels have continued to polarize both public and academic opinion. This book addresses the voyeuristic dimensions of Ellroy's fiction, one of the most significant yet underexplored issues in his work. Focusing exclusively on Ellroy's two collections of epic noir fiction, The L.A. Quartet and The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, it critically reflects on a vivid preoccupation with eyes, visual culture, and visual technologies that spans across both these bodies of work. Using a combination of psychoanalysis and postmodern and cultural theory, Nathan Ashman argues that Ellroy's fiction traces the development of the voyeur from a deviant and perverse "peeping tom" into a recognizable, contemporary "social type," a paranoid and obsessive viewer who is a product of the decentered and hallucinatory "cinematic" world that he inhabits. In particular, James Ellroy and Voyeur Fiction illuminates a convergence between voyeurism and recurring patterns of "ocularcentric crisis" in Ellroy's texts, as characters become continually unable to understand or interpret through vision. Alongside a thematic analysis of obsessive watching, Ashman also argues that Ellroy's works--particularly his later novels--are themselves voyeuristic, implicating the reader in these broader narrative patterns of both visual and epistemophilic obsession.

Customers reviews

More customer reviews
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

All books in our catalog are Original.

In what language is the book written?

The book is written in English.

What is the format of this book?

The binding of this edition is Hardcover.

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews