Bibliography

Black, Joel. The Aesthetics of Murder: A Study of Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1991.

This book explores the aesthetic perspective of murder rather than the moral, psychological, or philosophical. It explains murder as different styles, like art, knowledge, etc. The latter part of the book also discusses the way that media and fiction effect actual incidents of murder, suicide, and assassination.

 

Chicago . Dir. Rob Marshall. Perfs. Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere. Miramax, 2002.

This is a movie adaptation of a Broadway musical depicting Chicago in the 1920s. It is the story of women on death row trying to win over the public to escape punishment for their crimes of murder. The judicial system is portrayed as corrupt as it turns into nothing more than a circus act that you can win if you have the money. The irony of the film is that the one innocent person is the only one who is punished while all the guilty women feel no remorse because they can buy their freedom through the public eye and the press.

 

Chicago the Movie Online. http://www.efanguide.com/~chicago/media.html. Visited April 17, 2004.

This is a website dedicated to the movie Chicago. It contains quotes, pictures, and a variety of things that a fan of the movie would enjoy.

 

Chicago's Australian Cast. www.geocities.com/ozchicago/ Visited April 17, 2004.

This is a website containing information about the Australian casts of the musical Chicago. It includes touring information, pictures and other details.

 

Deena, Seodial. “The Irrationality of Bigger Thomas' World: A Frightening View of Twenty-first Century Urban Population.” College Language

Association Journal 38 (1994): 20-30.

This is an article which goes into explaination of Bigger Thomas and the world he lived in in South Chicago. Deena talks about the racism that Bigger suffered on a daily basis. It insinuates that what Bigger did was a product of his environment.

 

Magistrale, Anthony S. “From St. Petersburg to Chicago: Wright's Crime and Punishment.” Comparative Literature Studies 23 (1986): 59-70.

This is an article comparing the story of Bigger Thomas to that of the famous Crime and Punishment. It shows mostly comparison between the main characters of each book, and their motives behind murder.

Malmgren, Carl Darryl. Anatomy of Murder: Mystery, Detective, and Crime Fiction. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Press, 2001.

This book explores three types of fiction: mystery, detective, and crime and the characteristics of each. Though these three categories share some characteristics, they are each unique to their specific genre as well. The book explores these similarities and differences and uses examples to illustrate the point.

 

Miramax|Chicago. http://www.miramax.com/chicago/. Visited March 24, 2004.

This is the official website of the movie. It includes a synopsis and links to showtimes.

 

Shay, Arthur. Nelson Algren's Chicago. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

This is a pictorial depiction of Chicago through the eyes of Nelson Algren. It shows the gritty underbelly of the city where the poor and drug addicts call home. This is a real look at the lives of these people, who are often forgotten.

 

Wright, Richard. Native Son. New York: HarperCollins Books, 1993.

This is a book written about the interaction between blacks and whites during a time of heavy racism and segregation. The main character commits a murder and fluctuates in how he deals with it. In a moment of panic, he commits a second murder and eventually is put on trial for both. Ironically, the people who help him are the people he condemned. The crimes are a result of a lifetime of racial segregation and racism.