Dissecting Hannibal Lecter

Dissecting Hannibal Lecter

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780786432752
Untertitel:
Essays on the Novels of Thomas Harris
Genre:
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
Autor:
Benjamin Szumskyj
Herausgeber:
McFarland
Anzahl Seiten:
239
Erscheinungsdatum:
29.02.2008
ISBN:
978-0-7864-3275-2

Klappentext This comprehensive study of author Thomas Harris popular works focuses particularly on Harriss internationally known antihero Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in the classic novels Red Dragon! Silence of the Lambs! and Hannibal . In 12 scholarly essays! the work examines several themes within Harris trilogy! including the authors artistic exploration of repressed desires! his refinement of neo-noir themes and the serial killer motif! and his developing perceptions of feminine gender roles. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive study of author! Thomas Harris' popular works which focuses particularly on Harris' internationally known antihero Hannibal ""The Cannibal"" Lecter in the classic novels ""Red Dragon""! ""Silence of the Lambs""! and ""Hannibal"". This work examines several themes within Harris' trilogy.

Autorentext
Benjamin Szumskyj, a private high school teacher and qualified library technician, has edited anthologies and essay collections on such authors as Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Thomas Harris and William Peter Blatty. He is also the editor of Studies in Fantasy Literature and Studies in Australian Weird Fiction. He lives in Melville, Western Australia.

Klappentext
This comprehensive study of author Thomas Harris' popular works focuses particularly on Harris's internationally known antihero Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in the classic novels Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal. In 12 scholarly essays, the work examines several themes within Harris' trilogy, including the author's artistic exploration of repressed desires, his refinement of neo-noir themes and the serial killer motif, and his developing perceptions of feminine gender roles. Several essays also focus on Harris' works before and after the popular trilogy, examining themes such as gothic romance in Harris's first novel Black Sunday and the making of a monster in the trilogy's 2006 prequel Hannibal Rising.

Zusammenfassung
A comprehensive study of author, Thomas Harris' popular works which focuses particularly on Harris' internationally known antihero Hannibal ""The Cannibal"" Lecter in the classic novels ""Red Dragon"", ""Silence of the Lambs"", and ""Hannibal"". This work examines several themes within Harris' trilogy.

Inhalt
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Daniel O'Brien
Preface
Introduction

1. American Gothic: Liminality and the Gothic in Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter Novels
PETER MESSENT
2. Hannibal at the Lectern: A Textual Analysis of Dr. Hannibal Lecter's Character and Motivations in Thomas Harris's Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs
JOHN GOODRICH
3. Gothic Romance and Killer Couples in Black Sunday and Hannibal
PHILIP L. SIMPSON
4. The Butterfly and the Beast: The Imprisoned Soul in Thomas Harris's Lecter Trilogy
ROBERT H. WAUGH
5. This Is the Blind Leading the Blind: Noir, Horror and Reality in Thomas Harris's Red Dragon
DAVIDE MANA
6. From Red Dragon to Manhunter
TONY WILLIAMS
7. Suspense vs. Horror: The Case of Thomas Harris
S.T. JOSHI
8. Transmogrified Gothic: The Novels of Thomas Harris
TONY MAGISTRALE
9. Hannibal Rising: Look Back in Anger
ALI S. KARIM
10. Before Her Lambs Were Silent: Reading Gender and the Feminine in Red Dragon
PHILLIP A. ELLIS
11. Black Sunday, Black September: Thomas Harris's Thriller, from Novel to Film, and the Terror of Reality
SCOTT D. BRIGGS
12. Morbidity of the Soul: An Appreciation of Hannibal
BENJAMIN SZUMSKYJ

Afterword: Mythmaker
CHARLES GRAMLICH

About the Contributors
Index


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