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Full Title: The Silence of the Lambs Where Written: Florida When Published: August 29, 1988 Literary Period: Contemporary Genre: Crime Novel, Psychological Thriller Setting: Baltimore, Maryland and Quantico, Virginia in 1983 Climax: Starling unwittingly enters Jame Gumb’s house and chases after him in the basement. While in complete darkness ...
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 psychological horror crime thriller novel by Thomas Harris. Published August 29, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon, and both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer and brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
- Thomas Harris
- 1988
Dive into Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs study guide! Explore character analyses, themes, and literary devices in this gripping thriller. 📖
The Silence of the Lambs is Harris's most perfectly realized novel. In its expert use of the omniscient narrator to present the thoughts and emotions of principal characters, in its riveting ...
Genre Shift: Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs were cop thrillers with an emphasis on using forensics, profiling and detective work to track down a serial killer. Hannibal was blend of romance and revenge with the detective angle diminished. Genuine Human Hide: Buffalo Bill's modus operandi.
Sep 12, 2024 · The Silence of the Lambs was based on the best-selling 1988 novel of the same name by Thomas Harris. That novel was the second (of four) to centre on Hannibal Lecter. The first, Red Dragon (1981), was filmed as Manhunter in 1986.
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This introductory chapter provides an overview of how Thomas Harris's novels Red Dragon (published 1981) and The Silence of the Lambs (1988) represented a double whammy that permanently reconfigured the crime fiction genre (and, as a by-product, the entire field of horror fiction).
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