A Sea of Islands, a Sea of Crime: Island Crime Fiction in the Aegean Sea
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...
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Island Studies Journal
2019-05-01
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| author | Ralph Crane |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cffd5c612b5140008106a846fa4787022024-09-12T22:55:21ZengIsland Studies JournalIsland Studies Journal1715-25932019-05-01141A Sea of Islands, a Sea of Crime: Island Crime Fiction in the Aegean SeaRalph CraneCrime 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.https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.85 |
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