Reading the Text That Isn't There
Paranoia in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
1st Edition
Published on 13. December 2004
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-0-415-97105-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-97105-8 (9780415971058)
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James Devenney | Howard Johnson
Reading the Text That Isn't There
Paranoia in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
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02/2005
Routledge
€77.49
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James Devenney | Howard Johnson
Reading the Text That Isn't There
Paranoia in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
E-Book
02/2005
Routledge
€77.49
Available for download
Person
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
Content
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