James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction
Author:   Steven Powell
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
ISBN:  

9781137490827


Pages:   225
Publication Date:   26 October 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Steven Powell
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.992kg
ISBN:  

9781137490827


ISBN 10:   1137490829
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   26 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Lee Earle Ellroy and the Avon Novels 2. The Lloyd Hopkins Novels: Ellroy's Displaced Romantic 3. James Ellroy, Jean Ellroy and Elizabeth Short: The Demon Dog and Transmogrification in The Black Dahlia 4. Developing Noir: The Los Angeles Quartet 5. The Narrative of Secret Histories in the Underworld USA Trilogy Bibliography

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“He writes in a readable way, wears his learning lightly, and puts his discussions with Ellroy to good use. If you are interested in studying Ellroy, this thoughtful … book will prove a valuable and important resource.” (Martin Edwards, Do You Write Under Your Own Name, Doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.de, January, 2016)


He writes in a readable way, wears his learning lightly, and puts his discussions with Ellroy to good use. If you are interested in studying Ellroy, this thoughtful ... book will prove a valuable and important resource. (Martin Edwards, Do You Write Under Your Own Name, Doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.de, January, 2016)


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Steven Powell is a researcher at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the editor of Conversations with James Ellroy (2012) and 100 American Crime Writers (2012). He has written several articles for the British Politics Review, blogs about crime fiction at VenetianVase.co.uk, and co-organised the James Ellroy: Visions of Noir conference at the University of Liverpool.

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