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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781382803321

Autore

Peters Fiona

Titolo

Anxiety and evil in the writings of Patricia Highsmith / / Fiona Peters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-4094-7891-2

1-317-18028-3

1-315-56735-0

1-317-18027-5

1-283-11554-9

9786613115546

1-4094-2335-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Anxiety in literature

Good and evil in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 In the Waiting Room; 2 In Exile; 3 Tom Ripley: The Sinthome Writes Back; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing extensively on the under-explored Highsmith Archive, Peters suggests that the usual generic distinctions-crime fiction, mystery, suspense-have been largely unhelpful in elucidating Patricia Highsmith's novels. Peters adopts a psychoanalytic approach to show that specific disturbances within her text have resulted in Highsmith's writing remaining resistant to explication and to the more sophisticated interpretative strategies that would seek to position her within a specific genre.