This book takes a close look at crime fiction set in the interwar period and during the reign of terror of the Nazi regime. Kniesche analyzes historical crime fiction depicting Weimar and Nazi Germany with specific questions in mind: what does the text try to accomplish in regard to transmitting historical knowledge? What history is told? How is historical knowledge represented and conveyed in crime fiction? Does the historical background provide an indispensable setting for the crime story? With consideration to the degree of self-reflexivity in the texts, Kniesche probes how open the text is to an active participation of the reader in evaluating the historical knowledge that the text itself attempts to provide.
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Investigating Crime in a Time of War
Historical Crime Fiction and the Representation of Fascism
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Historical Crime Fiction and the Representation of Fascism
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction: Crime Fiction and the Representation of Fascism
- 2. Trans-historical Crime Fiction as a Complement to the Historiography of the Holocaust: Christian von Ditfurthâs A Paragon of Virtue
- 3. âMurder in a time of warâ: British and German Fascists in Foyleâs War
- 4. An Odd Couple of Detectives: Fighting Crime in Nazi-Occupied France
- 5. The Rise of German Fascism: Modernist Narrative Techniques in Volker Kutscherâs Gereon Rath Novels
- 6. A Hard-Boiled Detective in Nazi Germany: Philip Kerrâs March Violets
- 7. âBut thatâs in the pastâ: Negotiating Historical Truth in Uta-Maria Heims Feierabend
- 8. Conclusion: Contextualization and Findings
- Back Matter
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