Capital Punishment, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, 20th Century American Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, 20th Century American Literature - Post WWII - Literary Criticism, Politics & Literature, Literary Criticism
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Overview
Homicide trial scenes in An American Tragedy, Native Son, In Cold Blood, and The Executioner's Song support the assertion that certain crimes represent the era in which they occur. The social issues addressed in the forum of the courtroom become more complex as the century progresses, moving from the destructiveness of the American Dream - and the social and economic stratifications that dream implies - to issues of race, religion, sexuality, psychiatry, and media involvement in the legal process.Editorials
Booknews
Examines trial scenes in the novels "An American Tragedy", "Native Son", "In Cold Blood", and "The Executioner's Song", showing how the social issues addressed in the forum of the courtroom have become more complex as the century progresses, moving from the American Dream to issues such as media involvement in the legal process. Compares fictional trial scenes to real-life modern criminal trials, and examines the authors' narrative choices and thematic implications. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 20, 1996
Publisher
New York : P. Lang, c1996.
Pages
164
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820427331