Deathtraps: The Postmodern Comedy Thriller

By Marvin A. Carlson

Shows the comedy thriller to be a singularly postmodern form. This work examines various elements of the thriller - openings, settings, characters, plot lines, the role of the audience, and endings - and shows how they work to overturn the conventions of realism in detective drama.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253313058
• ISBN13: 9780253313058
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 212 Pages