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UNINA9910450760703321 |
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Autore |
Davis Mike Lee <1968-, > |
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Reading the text that isn't there : paranoia in the nineteenth-century American novel / / Mike Davis |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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1-135-87614-2 |
1-280-16517-0 |
0-203-00605-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory |
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American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Conspiracies in literature |
Psychological fiction, American - History and criticism |
Literature and history - United States |
Paranoia in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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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UNINA9910144141203321 |
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Morton John |
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Understanding Developmental Disorders [[electronic resource] ] : A Causal Modelling Approach |
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Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008 |
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1-281-30832-3 |
9786611308322 |
0-470-77330-8 |
0-470-69431-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 p.) |
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Developmental disabilities |
Medicine |
Child |
Models, Theoretical |
Developmental Disabilities |
Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood |
Investigative Techniques |
Age Groups |
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment |
Persons |
Mental Disorders |
Psychiatry and Psychology |
Named Groups |
Pediatrics |
Health & Biological Sciences |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introducing Cause; Chapter 2 Introducing Cognition; Chapter 3 Representing Causal |
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Relationships: Technical and Formal Considerations; Chapter 4 Autism: How Causal Modelling Started; Chapter 5 The What and the How; Chapter 6 Competing Causal Accounts of Autism; Chapter 7 The Problem of Diagnosis; Chapter 8 A Causal Analysis of Dyslexia; Chapter 9 The Hyperkinetic Confusions; Chapter 10 Theories of Conduct Disorder; Chapter 11 Tying in Biology; Chapter 12 To Conclude; References |
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A long-awaited book from developmental disorders expert John Morton, Understanding Developmental Disorders: A Causal Modelling Approach makes sense of the many competing theories about what can go wrong with early brain development, causing a child to develop outside the normal range.:.; Based on the idea that understanding developmental disorders requires us to talk about biological, cognitive, behavioral and environmental factors, and to talk about causal relationships among these elements.; Explains what causal modelling is and how to do it.; Compares different theories about particular dev |
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