Article
Unhappily Ever After: Fairy-Tale Motifs in Tana French's In the Woods
Clues: A Journal of Detection
(2014)
Abstract
In her first novel, In the Woods, Tana French makes sustained use of various fairy-tale motifs and conventions to illuminate her characters and their relationships as the murder investigation unfolds.
Keywords
- detective fiction,
- Tana French,
- criticism and interpretation
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring April, 2014
Citation Information
Sarah D. Fogle. "Unhappily Ever After: Fairy-Tale Motifs in Tana French's In the Woods" Clues: A Journal of Detection Vol. 32 Iss. 1 (2014) p. 22 - 30 ISSN: 0742-4248 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sarah-d-fogle/7/