| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 139 pages). |
| Series |
Critical companions to popular contemporary writers, 1082-4979 |
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Critical companions to popular contemporary writers. 1082-4979
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index. |
| Contents |
Series Foreword; 1. The Life of John Grisham; 2. John Grisham and the Legal Thriller; 3. A Time to Kill (1989); 4. The Firm (1991); 5. The Pelican Brief (1992); 6. The Client (1993); 7. The Chamber (1994); 8. The Rainmaker (1995); 9. The Runaway Jury (1996); Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
With his seven legal thrillers, all published since 1989, John Grisham has won a huge following of readers and set a standard few contributors to the genre can match. Because of the success of his novels, the legal thriller is the most popular genre in American fiction today. In this study, Pringle explains how Grisham's legal thriller evolved from the thriller tradition and borrowed from the heroic romance novel, gothic novel, crime novel, and detective fiction. She shows how his novels examine contemporary social and legal problems that do not have simple solutions--ecology, ethnic relations. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Biography Reference Center |
| Subject |
Grisham, John -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Grisham, John. (OCoLC)fst00246348
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Legal stories, American -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Legal stories, American. (OCoLC)fst00995560
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pringle, Mary Beth, 1943- John Grisham. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997 0313296375 (DLC) 96035026 (OCoLC)35280625 |
| ISBN |
0313008248 (electronic book) |
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9780313008245 (electronic book) |
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0313296375 (alkaline paper) |
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9780313296376 (alkaline paper) |
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