TY - BOOK ID - 1748370 TI - From surrealism to less-exquisite cadavers PY - 2006 VL - 288 SN - 9042020806 9789042020801 940120344X 1429481110 9781429481113 9789401203449 PB - Amsterdam New York Rodopi DB - UniCat KW - Burma, Nestor (Fictitious character). KW - Detective and mystery stories, French KW - Gothic revival (Literature) KW - Surrealism (Literature) KW - History and criticism. KW - Malet, Léo, KW - Malet, Léo. KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Paris (France) KW - In literature. KW - Malet, Léo KW - French literature KW - History and criticism KW - Malet, Léo, KW - In literature KW - Detective and mystery stories, French. KW - Literature, Experimental KW - Avant-garde literature KW - Experimental literature KW - Avant-garde (Aesthetics) KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - Literary style KW - French detective stories KW - French mystery stories KW - French fiction KW - Malet, Léon Jean, KW - Harding, Frank, KW - Refreger, Omer, KW - Doucet, Lionel, KW - Latimer, Leo, KW - Burma, Nestor (Fictitious character) KW - Surrealism in literature KW - Literature KW - Literary movements KW - Revival movements (Art) KW - Romanticism KW - Nestor Burma (Fictitious character) KW - Detective and mystery stories, French - History and criticism KW - French literature - 20th century - History and criticism. KW - Malet, Léo, - 1909 KW - -Paris (France) - In literature KW - -Paris (France) KW - Malet, Leo, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1748370 AB - Les nouveaux mystères de Paris (1954-1959), Léo Malet's fifteen-novel detective series inspired by Eugène Sue's nineteenth-century feuilleton , almost achieved the goal of setting a mystery in each of the twenty Parisian arrondissements, with Nestor Burma at the center of the action. In Burma, the "détective de choc" first introduced in 1943's 120 rue de la gare , Malet, considered the "father" of the French roman noir , creates a cultural hybrid, bringing literary references and surrealist techniques to a criminal milieu. Michelle Emanuel's groundbreaking study is particularly insightful in its treatment of Malet as a pioneer within the literary genre of the French roman noir while making sure to also focus on his surrealist roots. Against the archetypes of Simenon's Maigret and Christie's Poirot, Burma is brash and streetwise, peppering his speech with colorful and evocative slang. As the reader's tour guide, Burma highlights Paris's forgotten past while providing insight to the Paris of (his) present, referencing both popular culture and contemporary issues. Malet's innovation of setting a noir narrative in France serves as a catalyst for further change in the policier genre in France, including his contemporary Jean Amila, the néo-polar of Jean-Patrick Manchette, and the historical roman noir of Didier Daeninckx. ER -