Mystery and Its Fictions: From Oedipus to Agatha ChristieOverview: Dedicated mystery fans, as well as those interested in literary theory or in the individual writers discussed, will find in Grossvogel's book an eloquent discourse on the relation of detective fiction to literary tradition. |
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Page 12
... ( suggesting that Freud , in addition to providing a key to modern consciousness , is also , as Harold Bloom suggests , the inheritor of an older literary tradition ) .15 At some time between Beowulf and that modern consciousness , 16 and ...
... ( suggesting that Freud , in addition to providing a key to modern consciousness , is also , as Harold Bloom suggests , the inheritor of an older literary tradition ) .15 At some time between Beowulf and that modern consciousness , 16 and ...
Page 33
... suggests an even closer connection between the threat- ening father and the Sphinx : according to his version , the ... suggest the absence of a face : it is dark , it is dangerous , it is elusive . Its manifestation as revelation ...
... suggests an even closer connection between the threat- ening father and the Sphinx : according to his version , the ... suggest the absence of a face : it is dark , it is dangerous , it is elusive . Its manifestation as revelation ...
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... suggesting that the process is infinitely recessive , like that of the mirror , and thus contrives simply one more ... suggests on more than one occasion that the percipient of the idea is likely to be created by the idea . In " The ...
... suggesting that the process is infinitely recessive , like that of the mirror , and thus contrives simply one more ... suggests on more than one occasion that the percipient of the idea is likely to be created by the idea . In " The ...
Contents
Discovering Only the Discoverer | 23 |
Containment of the Unknown | 39 |
Divine Mystery and Literary Salvation | 53 |
Copyright | |
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