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BL
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955786
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b710156
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| Main Entry
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Davis, Mike Lee,1968-
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| Title & Author
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Reading the text that isn't there : : paranoia in the nineteenth-century American novel /\ Mike Davis.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Literary criticism and cultural theory
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1 online resource (ix, 185 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203006054
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: 1135876142
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: 1280165170
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: 9780203006054
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: 9781135876142
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: 9781280165177
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0415971055
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-182) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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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American fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Conspiracies in literature.
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Literature and history-- United States.
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Paranoia in literature.
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Psychological fiction, American-- History and criticism.
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American fiction.
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Conspiracies in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature and history.
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Paranoia in literature.
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Psychological fiction, American.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.309353
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PS374.C594D385 2005eb
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