The Literary Legacy of the Kennedy Assassination: True Crime Tragedy (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)

The Literary Legacy of the Kennedy Assassination: True Crime Tragedy surveys and analyzes literary representations of the 1963 JFK assassination in Dallas.The book argues for understanding the assassination as a true crime event.As true crime narratives, the Zapruder film and the Warren Report introduced intertextual symbols of American violence that continue to shape and engage with 20th-century literature.Exploring the literary dimensions of JFK as a murder victim, Jacqueline Kennedy’s pink suit, Lee Harvey Oswald as a ghost, assassination poems and songs, comic and graphic narratives, and other topics, the book establishes a foundation for approaching the assassination as a literary event.The physical features of Dealey Plaza, including the grassy knoll and sixth-floor window, exist alongside canonical places and moments from 20th-century literature and beyond.Appropriate for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, and libraries, this book is written in an accessible s