This paper provides an investigation of Elizabeth Haynes' novel Into the Darkest Corner. The
paper focuses on exploring the impact of 'authoritative intervention'in cases of intimate …

Introduction ape culture refers to a set of generally acceptable social beliefs surrounding
sexual violence that is perpetuated by men against women; and in some instances, may be …

True crime is a genre that has provoked divisive responses of enjoyment and censure
across its history in the English language. Because of the many, varied ways that it has been …

“Social novels […] have gone out of fashion but return now under a new guise in
contemporary detective fiction”(Nünning,“Kriminalromane” 3, my translation). As this …

In her critical study The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film
Noir, Megan Abbott offers a reconsideration of the archetypal “tough guy figure,” illustrating …