Chaucer in Contemporary Mystery Novels: A Case Study in Genre Fiction, Low-Cultural Allusions, and the Pleasure of Derivative Forms.
- Author / Editor
- Pugh, Tison.
Chaucer in Contemporary Mystery Novels: A Case Study in Genre Fiction, Low-Cultural Allusions, and the Pleasure of Derivative Forms.
- Published
- Journal of Popular Culture 42.2 (2013): 411-32.
- Description
- Considers the status and functions of mystery novels as a form of popular culture, employing distinctions posed by Pierre Bourdieu and exploring the use of allusion in the genre. Then investigates three mystery novels by Philippa Morgan that feature Chaucer as a detective employed by John of Gaunt.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion