paranoia in the nineteenth-century American novel /
First Statement of Responsibility
Mike Davis.
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New York :
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Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (ix, 185 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Literary criticism and cultural theory
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-182) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : the Gothic logic of paranoia -- Wieland's transformations : the problem of closure in the "opening" American novel -- "Hidden significance" : the Marble faun as post script to Seven gables -- Rhetorical razors : "lurking significance" in the "vexatious coincidence" of Benito Cereno -- Literary cloaks, practical jokes, and the esophagus hoax : concealment, conspiracy, and the contrivance of history in Twain.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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Title
Reading the text that isn't there.
International Standard Book Number
0415971055
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Conspiracies in literature.
Literature and history-- United States.
Paranoia in literature.
Psychological fiction, American-- History and criticism.