Crime stories : criminalistic fantasy and the culture of crisis in Weimar Germany /
The Weimar Republic (19181933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Monographs in German history ;
v. 22 |
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| Summary: | The Weimar Republic (19181933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to their crimes. The author argues that the development of a new type of crime fiction during this period - which turned literary tradition on its head by focusing on the criminal and abandoning faith in the powers of the rational detective - is intricately related to new ways of understanding criminality amo |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 169 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-163) and index |
| ISBN: | 1845459059 9781845459055 |