Swedish Marxist Noir: The Dark Wave Of Crime Writers And The Influence Of Raymond Chandler

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 of Marxist worldview in their portrayal of a modern world gone wrong.

• | Author: Per Hellgren
• | Publisher: McFarland
• | Publication Date: Dec 14, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 265 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1476673713
• | ISBN-13: 9781476673714