LEADER 05042nam 22007215 450 001 9910746083603321 005 20251009082021.0 010 $z9783031410444 010 $z3031410440 010 $a9783031410451$b(eBook) 010 $a3031410459$b(eBook) 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-41045-1 035 $a(OCoLC)1398495488 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30739113 035 $a(CKB)28204526100041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-41045-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928204526100041 100 $a20230911d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#|||mna|a 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeconstructing True Crime Literature /$fby Charlotte Barnes 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 212 pages) 225 1 $aCrime Files,$x2947-8359 311 08$aPrint version: Barnes, Charlotte Deconstructing True Crime Literature Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031410444 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter one: Introduction -- Chapter two: Time of Death: The early era of True Crime -- Chapter three: Writing the ?I? in True Crime -- Chapter four: Vincent Bugliosi?s Objectivity: Can we side-step bias in True Crime? -- Chapter five: The Writer Inside Me: Does Ann Rule?s proximity to the serial killer celebrity translate to a reliable re-telling? -- Chapter six: Writing True Crime from a safe distance -- Chapter seven: Truman Capote?s World of Make-Believe: How does figurative language and creative license distort truth in In Cold Blood? -- Chapter eight: 3,500 files and an unfinished script: Is well-curated research and collaboration the key to truthful True Crime, considered through Michelle McNamara?s I?ll Be Gone in the Dark? -- Chapter nine: Writing creative (true) crime narratives -- Chapter ten: Manson?s Girls Make a Comeback: How (c)overt is the influence of the Charles Manson case on Emma Cline?s The Girls, and should readers be expected to ignore the connections? -- Chapter eleven: Narrative Hybridity in True Crime: Is Maggie Nelson integrating poetry into the True Crime genre? -- Chapter twelve: Conclusion. 330 $a"Charlotte Barnes has put together a thoroughgoing and provocative study of true crime narratives, examining every aspect of the form with impressive insight and originality." ?Barry Forshaw, author of British Crime Film and Crime Fiction: A Reader?s Guide This book provides a critical discussion of True Crime literature, arguing for the deconstruction of the genre into subgenres that better reflect a work?s contents. In analysing seminal and lesser-known works, the areas of authenticity, accuracy, and author proximity are considered to form a framework on which an individual publication?s subgenre (re)categorisation can be assessed. The book considers the likes of Ann Rule, Truman Capote, and Maggie Nelson, among other notable authors. Their works ? those that fit into True Crime and those that defy categorisation within the genre as it exists ? are reviewed, and their defining features critiqued. Topics such as narrative methodologies, figurative language, and utilisation of research are considered in support of this. These strands combine to a larger discussion regarding a deconstruction of True Crime, and the ways in which this will improve the social responsibility of the genre, and encourage a more conscientious consumerism of it. Charlotte Barnes is a Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. Charlotte has primarily researched crime fiction through practice-based means, and has since published ten novels in this genre. Charlotte explores representations of female violence, and the ways in which this area can critique and contribute both to creative writing and gender studies. . 410 0$aCrime Files,$x2947-8359 606 $aLiterary form 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y21st century 606 $aMass media and crime 606 $aLiterary Genre 606 $aLiterary Criticism 606 $aContemporary Literature 606 $aCrime and the Media 615 0$aLiterary form. 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aMass media and crime. 615 14$aLiterary Genre. 615 24$aLiterary Criticism. 615 24$aContemporary Literature. 615 24$aCrime and the Media. 676 $a364.1 700 $aBarnes$b Charlotte$01427959 801 0$bGW5XE 801 1$bGW5XE 801 2$bGW5XE 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bEBLCP 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bCaOWtU 912 $a9910746083603321 996 $aDeconstructing true crime literature$93563072 997 $aUNINA