It didn't mean anything: a psychoanalytic reading of American detective fiction

"This critical study of American detective fiction examines the history and development of the detective genre through the lens of psychoanalysis. Applying the ideas of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, the author identifies and categorizes popular works according to the fictional protagonist...

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Main Author: Howe, Alexander N. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.] McFarland & Co. 2008
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This critical study of American detective fiction examines the history and development of the detective genre through the lens of psychoanalysis. Applying the ideas of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, the author identifies and categorizes popular works according to the fictional protagonist's hysteria, obsessive neurosis, perversion, or psychosis"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"This critical study of American detective fiction examines the history and development of the detective genre through the lens of psychoanalysis. Applying the ideas of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, the author identifies and categorizes popular works according to the fictional protagonist's hysteria, obsessive neurosis, perversion, or psychosis"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:IX, 285 S.
ISBN:9780786434541

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