Violence as Spectacle: Happy Gothic
in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London
Violence as Spectacle: Happy Gothic
in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London
Author(s): Aleksandra KędzierskaSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Ben Aaronovitch; Punch and Judy; happy Gothic; postmillennial Gothic; theatricality of crime
Summary/Abstract: Discussing the specificity of the Gothic plot in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London, this study focuses on the theatricality of crime which, by blending violence and laughter, by transforming policemen into performers and criminals into artists, also highlights the fact that various methods of detecting and law enforcement have thespian roots.
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 43/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 97-108
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
