Reading the text that isn't there : paranoia in the nineteenth-century American novel / / Mike Davis

• Autore: Davis Mike Lee <1968-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.309353
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; Conspiracies in literature; Psychological fiction, American - History and criticism; Literature and history - United States; Paranoia in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Reading the text that isn't there : paranoia in the 19th century American novel
• Titolo autorizzato: Reading the text that isn't there
• ISBN: 1-135-87613-4; 1-135-87614-2; 1-280-16517-0; 0-203-00605-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808472003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Literary criticism and cultural theory.