 | French crime fiction and the Second World War Subjects: War and literature.; French fiction.; Detective and mystery stories French.; Collective memory.; Collective memory; World War 1939-1945; French fiction; French fiction; Detective and mystery stories French; By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day, this book argues for the importance of crime fiction, and popular culture more generally, as active agents of memory in the ongoing debates over the legacies of the war years in contemporary France. Gorrara Claire : Claire Gorrara is Professor of French Studies at Cardiff UniversityClaire Gorrara is Professor of French Studies at Cardiff University |
