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This comprehensive study of author Thomas Harris' popular works focuses particularly on Harris's internationally known antihero Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in the classic novels Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal. In 12 scholarly essays, the work examines several themes within Harris' trilogy, including the author's artistic exploration of repressed desires, his refinement of neo-noir themes and the serial killer motif, and his developing perceptions of feminine gender roles. Several essays also focus on Harris' works before and after the popular trilogy, examining themes such as gothic romance in Harris's first novel Black Sunday and the making of a monster in the trilogy's 2006 prequel Hannibal Rising.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Daniel O'Brien
Preface
Introduction
1. American Gothic: Liminality and the Gothic in Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter Novels
PETER MESSENT
2. Hannibal at the Lectern: A Textual Analysis of Dr. Hannibal Lecter's Character and Motivations in Thomas Harris's Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs
JOHN GOODRICH
3. Gothic Romance and Killer Couples in Black Sunday and Hannibal
PHILIP L. SIMPSON
4. The Butterfly and the Beast: The Imprisoned Soul in Thomas Harris's Lecter Trilogy
ROBERT H. WAUGH
5. This Is the Blind Leading the Blind: Noir, Horror and Reality in Thomas Harris's Red Dragon
DAVIDE MANA
6. From Red Dragon to Manhunter
TONY WILLIAMS
7. Suspense vs. Horror: The Case of Thomas Harris
S.T. JOSHI
8. Transmogrified Gothic: The Novels of Thomas Harris
TONY MAGISTRALE
9. Hannibal Rising: Look Back in Anger
ALI S. KARIM
10. Before Her Lambs Were Silent: Reading Gender and the Feminine in Red Dragon
PHILLIP A. ELLIS
11. Black Sunday, Black September: Thomas Harris's Thriller, from Novel to Film, and the Terror of Reality
SCOTT D. BRIGGS
12. Morbidity of the Soul: An Appreciation of Hannibal
BENJAMIN SZUMSKYJ
Afterword: Mythmaker
CHARLES GRAMLICH
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