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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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138011670
Publisert
2014-07-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
294 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
196
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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