Synopses & Reviews
Uniquely placed to explore the worldwide phenomenon of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy from a number of critical perspectives, this collection offers the first full-length study of Larsson's work in both its written and filmed forms. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is now a globally successful Swedish film, re-made by Hollywood in 2011 with Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist, the investigative reporter. The book's combination of critical and interdisciplinary approaches allows the trilogy to open up in new ways, which will appeal to all those interested in the Millennium books and films, as well as students of Film and Television Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, and Criminology.
Synopsis
Uniquely placed to explore the worldwide phenomenon of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy beginning with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the book offers the first full-length study of Larsson's work in both its written and filmed forms.
About the Author
STEVEN PEACOCK is a senior lecturer in Film at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is well-known for his work on close critical analysis and is author of Colour (Cinema Aesthetics series, MUP, 2010), Hollywood and Intimacy (Palgrave, forthcoming 2011) and editor of Reading 24: TV Against the Clock (I. B. Tauris, 2007) and MUP's The Television Series.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: Beginnings and Endings; S.PeacockThe Larsson Phenomenon: Sales Figures and Sexual Abuse; B.ForshawNew Wine in Old Bottles: Innovation and Tradition in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy; H.O'DonoghueSalander in Cyberspace; S.C.Benyahia
Journalism and Compassion: Rewriting the On-Screen Crusader for the Digital Age; S.NiblockCrossing the Line: Millennium and Wallander on Screen and the Global Stage; S.PeacockThe Girl in the Faroese Jumper: Sarah Lund, Sexual Politics and the Precariousness of Power and Difference; J.McCabe Storytelling and Justice in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest; S.MooreInterview Transcripts; S.Peacock, M.Wallén, E.Lindkvist & J.TheorinNotes
Bibliography
Filmography/Teleography
Index