Crime Fiction Set in the Middle Ages: Historical Novel and Detective Story

Fichte, Joerg Ο.

doi:10.1515/zaa.2005.53.1.53

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“…Much of the early scholarship on this trend focuses on the pedagogical capacity of historical fiction—that is, its ability to educate readers about the past, including the minutiae of daily social and cultural life, which are left out of many historical narratives. Such scholarship often draws attention to the academic credentials of prominent writers such as Peters and Candace Robb as a way of legitimising the value of their writing (Browne & Kreiser, 2000; Fichte, 2005). The “pre‐procedural” is a common subgenre of historical crime fiction, arguably resulting from the success of Peters' Cadfael series (Lee, 2013, p. 16).…”

Section: Medievalism Historical Fiction and Racismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Popular fiction and white extremism: Neo‐Nazi ideology and medievalist crime fiction

Young

Downes

2022

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Dystopian near‐future fantasies of violent white revolution and genocide—most infamously, William L. Pierce's The Turner Diaries (1978)—are the most well‐known and studied fictions by white extremists. They are, however, not the only genre through which the extreme far‐right engage with popular culture. In this article, we explore how popular historical fictions can accomodate white extremist presence and propagandising. We analyse generic conventions in the medieval murder mystery The Black Flame (2001) by self‐identified neo‐Nazi Harold A. Covington (1953–2018), showing that the book shares trends and tropes with contemporary medievalisms, including in historical crime fiction and other popular genres and media. By focussing on these conventions, we seek common places in the popular that can, paradoxically, create space for the fringe extreme.

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Section: Medievalism Historical Fiction and Racismmentioning

confidence: 99%