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 16
... tion with someone essentially like the reader in his concerns ) has been abandoned ( along with the concomitant tension / interest of those concerns ) in exchange for the reader's interest in an unfolding ( " how will it come out ...
... tion with someone essentially like the reader in his concerns ) has been abandoned ( along with the concomitant tension / interest of those concerns ) in exchange for the reader's interest in an unfolding ( " how will it come out ...
Page 56
... tion with the unknown allows - dependency on God or the assertion of human pride . That dependency requires , however , quiescence within God once He is accepted along with the limitations against which pride otherwise contends . But in ...
... tion with the unknown allows - dependency on God or the assertion of human pride . That dependency requires , however , quiescence within God once He is accepted along with the limitations against which pride otherwise contends . But in ...
Page 95
... tion of a surrogate mystery ) can be related to the libido . " She outlines the Freudian thesis of the child's sexual fascination as an extension of the erotic pleasure first derived by the infant from oral / anal grati- fications . The ...
... tion of a surrogate mystery ) can be related to the libido . " She outlines the Freudian thesis of the child's sexual fascination as an extension of the erotic pleasure first derived by the infant from oral / anal grati- fications . The ...
Contents
Discovering Only the Discoverer | 23 |
Containment of the Unknown | 39 |
Divine Mystery and Literary Salvation | 53 |
Copyright | |
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