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In The Fiction of Ruth Rendell: Ancient Tragedy and the Modern Family, Barbara Fass Leavy interprets the multi-layered themes treated by Rendell, who also writes as Barbara Vine. Mysteries as popular entertainment are distinguished from mysteries as literary art, establishing that Rendell's books are capable of meaningful and pleasurable rereading even when "whodunit" is remembered. Leavy argues that Rendell draws on Greek tragedy and the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. By employing the Oedipus and Electra complexes, Leavy explores the ways in which Rendell's characters are enmeshed in disturbed family relationships. Complex and illuminating, this book will appeal to Rendell fans, mystery lovers, and students of crime fiction. It will also supply valuable insights to sociologists, psychologists, and family therapists. The Fiction of Ruth Rendell: Ancient Tragedy and the Modern Family probes deeply the subjects treated by a brilliant and original writer.
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"This insightful book makes a complete and detailed analysis of the works of Ruth Rendell and is a must for readers of Rendell s works." Vicki Britton, co-author of the Ardis Cole and Jeff McQuede Mystery Series"
"This insightful book makes a complete and detailed analysis of the works of Ruth Rendell and is a must for readers of Rendell's works." --Vicki Britton, co-author of the Ardis Cole and Jeff McQuede Mystery Series
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Barbara Leavy has written three books on supernatural femmes fatales and demon lovers in folklore and literature, the last of which, reviewed favorably by The New York Times Sunday Book Review, is In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender. Her book on epidemic diseases as a literary subject, To Blight with Plague, paved the way for her analysis of how Ruth Rendell treats disease as a theme in her fiction. In the field of mystery writing, her study of The Woman in White and the history of psychology in nineteenth-century England is a resource for Wilkie Collins scholars.
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