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Swedish Marxist Noir: The Dark Wave of Crime Writers and the Influence of Raymond Chandler

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Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s. This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre after the 1990s through a Marxist reading of central works, from the Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler to the 1960s social crime fiction of Sjowall-Wahloo to modern bestselling authors such as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Roslund & Hellstrom, Jens Lapidus, Arne Dahl and others. The works of these writers show a common thread ...

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Swedish Marxist Noir: The Dark Wave of Crime Writers and the Influence of Raymond Chandler 2018, McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC

ISBN-13: 9781476673714

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