Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Nordic Noir on Page and Screen

by S. Peacock (Editor)

Overview

Uniquely placed to explore the worldwide phenomenon of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy beginning with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the book offers the first full-length study of Larsson's work in both its written and filmed forms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349351268
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

SARAH CASEY BENYAHIA Head of Film at Colchester Sixth Form College, UK BARRY FORSHAW Editor of Crime Time, a talking head for ITV and BBC TV documentaries, and has been Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association JANET MCCABE Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK SARAH MOORE Lecturer in the Centre for Criminology and Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK SARAH NIBLOCK Head of Journalism and a Reader in Journalism at Brunel University, London, UK HEATHER O' DONOGHUE Reader in Old Norse, Linacre College, University of Oxford, UK

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction: Beginnings and Endings; S.Peacock The Larsson Phenomenon: Sales Figures and Sexual Abuse; B.Forshaw New Wine in Old Bottles: Innovation and Tradition in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy; H.O'Donoghue Salander in Cyberspace; S.C.Benyahia Journalism and Compassion: Rewriting the On-Screen Crusader for the Digital Age; S.Niblock Crossing the Line: Millennium and Wallander on Screen and the Global Stage; S.Peacock The Girl in the Faroese Jumper: Sarah Lund, Sexual Politics and the Precariousness of Power and Difference; J.McCabe Storytelling and Justice in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest ; S.Moore Interview Transcripts; S.Peacock , M.Wallén , E.Lindkvist J.Theorin Notes Bibliography Filmography/Teleography Index

Editorial Reviews

'This original volume not only offers highly engaging analysis of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's hugely popular Millennium trilogy, but also of the broader field of Nordic noir that has recently risen to popular and critical prominence in the English-speaking world. It takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of Scandinavian crime fiction, and is a valuable resource for scholars and more casual readers alike.'

- Chris Homewood, Lecturer in World Cinemas, University of Leeds, UK

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