02992nam 2200721Ia 450 991096488980332120251116172949.01-135-87613-41-135-87614-21-280-16517-00-203-00605-410.4324/9780203006054 (CKB)1000000000253119(EBL)201235(OCoLC)475914138(SSID)ssj0000233124(PQKBManifestationID)11239619(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233124(PQKBWorkID)10219548(PQKB)10176806(MiAaPQ)EBC201235(Au-PeEL)EBL201235(CaPaEBR)ebr10162923(CaONFJC)MIL16517(OCoLC)826514568(EXLCZ)99100000000025311920040820d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading the text that isn't there paranoia in the nineteenth-century American novel /Mike Davis1st ed.New York Routledge20051 online resource (176 p.)Literary criticism and cultural theoryDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-01167-3 0-415-97105-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThrough 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.Literary criticism and cultural theory.American fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismConspiracies in literaturePsychological fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismLiterature and historyUnited StatesParanoia in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Conspiracies in literature.Psychological fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Literature and historyParanoia in literature.813/.309353Davis Mike Lee1968-1877540MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964889803321Reading the text that isn't there4489819UNINA