Reading the Text That Isn't There Paranoia in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
Innbundet /
2004
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9780415971058
Published
2004-12-13
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
520 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
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Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
196
Author
Biographical note
Mike Davis earned his Ph.D. in 2002 from Princeton University, where he conducted his own research concerning the American novel in addition to assisting Professor Arnold Rampersad in the preparation of the Harlem Renaissance section of the Norton Anthology of African American Literature. He is currently a Dean's Appointment at Temple University
Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies and conspiratorial fantasy from one narrative site to another.
Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies and conspiratorial fantasy from one narrative site to another.
Acknowledgments, Introduction, The Gothic Logic of Paranoia, Chapter 1. Wieland’s Transformations: The Problem of Closure in the “Opening” American Novel, Chapter 2. “Hidden Significance”: The Marble Faun as Post Script to Seven Gables, Chapter 3. Rhetorical Razors: “Lurking Significance” in the “Vexatious Coincidence” of Benito Cereno, Chapter 4. Literary Cloaks, Practical Jokes, and the Esophagus Hoax: Concealment, Conspiracy, and the Contrivance of History in Twain, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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Product details
ISBN
9780415971058
Published
2004-12-13
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
520 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
196
Author
Biographical note
Mike Davis earned his Ph.D. in 2002 from Princeton University, where he conducted his own research concerning the American novel in addition to assisting Professor Arnold Rampersad in the preparation of the Harlem Renaissance section of the Norton Anthology of African American Literature. He is currently a Dean's Appointment at Temple University