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

Published New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages) Series Literary criticism and cultural theory Literary criticism and cultural theory. Contents 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 Summary 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 Analysis Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-182) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Conspiracies in literature. Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism Literature and history -- United States Paranoia in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American fiction Conspiracies in literature Literature and history Paranoia in literature Psychological fiction, American United States Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2004019852 ISBN 0203006054 9780203006054 1135876142 9781135876142 1280165170 9781280165177

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