Publication details
James Ellroy Le Dahlia noir : la mort comme véhicule romanesque d un roman d apprentissage policier
| Title in English | James Ellroy – The Black Dahlia: Death as a literary means in Crime Fiction |
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Médiévales, Etudes Médievales |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Ellroy Death American Crime Fiction |
| Description | The article analyses the theme of death in the novel ‘The Black Dahlia’ by James Elleroy. The book was inspired by a real life crime which took place in Los Angeles in 1947. This as-yet unsolved crime incited Elleroy to write a detective story which is both a historical and social description of the United States in the 1940s. At the same time it is a novel of initiation worthy of predecessors such as ‘Martin Eden’ or ‘The Great Gatsby’. However, first and foremost, it is a noir novel in which love and death literature’s principal themes are masterly combined. |