Minette Walters and the Meaning of Justice: Essays on the Crime Novels

by Mary Hadley (Editor), Sarah D. Fogle (Editor)

Overview

Edgar Award-winning crime novelist Minette Walters is known for revitalizing the tradition of the stand-alone psychological thriller in books such as The Ice House, The Dark Room, Acid Row and Fox Evil. This book offers an in-depth analysis of Walters' narrative technique and examines the major themes found throughout her work, including truth and justice, the treatment of children, patterns of victimization, British social issues, body image and body politics, the fashioning of identity, and heroism and evil in society. In addition, it includes a valuable interview with Walters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786438426
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/02/2008
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mary Hadley, a former associate professor of writing and linguistics at Georgia Southern University, is retired and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. 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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Introduction
Mary Hadley and Sarah D. Fogle     

Truth and Justice
Mary Hadley     

Soul Murder: Children in Minette Walters’ Novels
Sarah D. Fogle     

Body of Evidence/Body as Evidence in The Sculptress
Caren J. Town     

Shakespeare, Scolds, and Self-Fashioning: The Making of Mathilda Gillespie in The Scold’s Bridle
Rhonda Knight     

A Wounded World: Victim/Victimizers in The Scold’s Bridle, The Dark Room, and The Breaker
Lois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley     

British Social Issues
Donna Waller Harper     

The Impenetrable M and the Mysteries of Narration: Narrative in The Shape of Snakes
Tilda Maria Forselius     

Society, Evil, and Other
Nancy Eliot Parker     

The Tangled Web of Justice and Revenge: Narrative Devices and Subtexts in The Devil’s Feather
Gerri Reaves     

Everyday Heroes: Women of Valor
Rachel Schaffer     

Online Interview with Minette Walters
Minette Walters and Contributors     

Notes on Contributors     
Index