Fascinating post, to some degree, I wonder what else is going on in the world in parallel -- does the decline in rationality in these pieces of fiction follow some kind of failing of those systems... in other parts of life/culture/politics...is the blurring of hero/villain happening during the later cold war where many recognized that the US's foreing policy often involved playing the villain or at least using thier tactics? Are these trends revealing something deeper about other socio political changes?
That's a really interesting thought, one can tell you're an academic! I bet someone has written about how the ethos of the crime story changed with changing economics and politics. There's bound to be a book about it somewhere. I'd be interested to read it!
Likewise. Thanks (I suppose) -- I haven't even started the doctorate program--though I suspect in some ways it will be very similar to what I have been doing--maybe with a bit more structure and more pressing deadlines.
Fascinating post, to some degree, I wonder what else is going on in the world in parallel -- does the decline in rationality in these pieces of fiction follow some kind of failing of those systems... in other parts of life/culture/politics...is the blurring of hero/villain happening during the later cold war where many recognized that the US's foreing policy often involved playing the villain or at least using thier tactics? Are these trends revealing something deeper about other socio political changes?
That's a really interesting thought, one can tell you're an academic! I bet someone has written about how the ethos of the crime story changed with changing economics and politics. There's bound to be a book about it somewhere. I'd be interested to read it!
Likewise. Thanks (I suppose) -- I haven't even started the doctorate program--though I suspect in some ways it will be very similar to what I have been doing--maybe with a bit more structure and more pressing deadlines.