Swedish Marxist Noir - The Dark Wave of Crime Writers and the Influence of Raymond Chandler (Hellgren Per)(Paperback / softback)

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 post-1990s through a Marxist reading of central works, from Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler to the 1960s social crime fiction of Sj wall-Wahl to modern bestselling authors such as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Roslund & Hellstr m, Jens Lapidus, Arne Dahl and others. The works of these writers show a common thread of Marxist worldview in their portrayal of a modern world gone
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