{"product_id":"9789042033016","title":"Chaos and Madness : The Politics of Fiction in Stephen Marlowe's Historical Narratives (Costerus New Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1950s prolific U.S. fiction writer Stephen Marlowe became a cult author for lovers of noir fiction mainly for his Drumbeat series, which present his best-known character: private eye Chester Drum. Yet, the academia never paid much attention to his multifaceted, extensive oeuvre. Chaos and Madness is the first volume offering a critical approach to Marlowe's riveting historical novels. Their relevance in the field of literary studies derives from their well-wrought structure and captivating prose as well as from their portrayal of remote European history - a distinctive feature that makes Marlowe a unique figure in the North American trend of historiographic metafiction. \n\u003cbr\u003eChaos and Madness provides a comprehensive narratological and ideological analysis of three novels in which Marlowe deals with Spanish history. Preceded by an in-depth if reader-friendly theoretical chapter that traces the evolution of the historical novel as a genre, Calvo-Pascual's meticulous investigation into Marlowe's fiction proves compelling for anyone interested in contemporary American fiction, in Spanish history, or in the interaction of metafiction and the scientific discourse of chaos theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editions Rodopi B.V.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48771044507883,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":166.63,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9789042033016","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}