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A sea of islands, a sea of crime: island crime fiction in the Aegean Sea
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Crane, R, A sea of islands, a sea of crime: island crime fiction in the Aegean Sea, Island Studies Journal, 14, (1) pp. 175-186. ISSN 1715-2593 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2019 Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Official URL: https://www.islandstudies.ca/node/532
DOI: doi:10.24043/isj.85
Abstract
Crime fiction frequently takes the real and imaginary geography of islands as its setting and subject. Through a reading of selected novels by Anne Zouroudi, Jeffrey Siger, and Paul Johnston, this article looks at ways in which ideas about ‘islandness’ operate in contemporary English-language crime fiction set in the Aegean Sea. Specifically, it uses geocriticism and spatial literary studies to explore the ways non-textual paratext—in particular covers and maps—work alongside a text, or narrative, to capitalize on the lure of islands.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | Aegean Sea, book covers, crime fiction, islands, literary and narrative maps |
| Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
| Research Group: | Literary Studies |
| Research Field: | British and Irish Literature |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture |
| UTAS Author: | Crane, R (Professor Ralph Crane) |
| ID Code: | 132553 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
| Deposited On: | 2019-05-13 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-07-30 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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