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Reading the text that isn't there : paranoia in the nineteenth-century American novel / Mike Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Mike Lee, 1968-
- Series:
- Literary criticism and cultural theory.
- Literary criticism and cultural theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Conspiracies in literature.
- Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Psychological fiction, American.
- Literature and history--United States.
- Literature and history.
- Paranoia in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Wieland's Transformations: The Problem of Closure in the "Opening" American Novel; Chapter Two "Hidden Significance": The Marble Faun as Post Script to Seven Gables; Chapter Three Rhetorical Razors: "Lurking Significance" in the "Vexatious Coincidence" of Benito Cereno; Chapter Four Literary Cloaks, Practical Jokes, and The Esophagus Hoax: Concealment, Conspiracy and the Contrivance of History in Twain; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-87613-4
- 1-135-87614-2
- 1-280-16517-0
- 0-203-00605-4
- 9780203006054
- OCLC:
- 475914138
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