1st Edition

Anxiety and Evil in the Writings of Patricia Highsmith

By Fiona Peters Copyright 2011
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on an impressive range of secondary material, including many elusive reviews, interviews and articles from the under-explored Highsmith Archive, Fiona Peters suggests that the usual generic distinctions -crime fiction, mystery, suspense - have been largely unhelpful in elucidating Patricia Highsmith's novels. Peters analyzes a significant selection of Highsmith's works, chosen with a view... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 In the Waiting Room, 2 In Exile, 3 Tom Ripley: The Sinthome Writes Back, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Fiona Peters is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom.

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