Essays about: "Shutter Island"

Found 1 essay containing the words Shutter Island.

  1. 1. Exposing Masculinities : Reframing the Hardboiled Detective in Lehane’s Shutter Island

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Payvand Behnam Nikou; [2022]
    Keywords : noir fiction; masculinity; hardboiled; gender; Shutter Island;

    Abstract : This literary study examines the relationship between the hardboiled detective and the 2003 detective novel Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Known for his thought provoking stories as a crime novelist, Lehane exemplifies the desire of a current literary shift from stoic patriarchal constructs of detective archetypes towards a more feminist perspective. READ MORE