A familiar compound ghost: allusion and the uncanny

In this scholarly and suggestive study, Brown identifies moments where this affinity between allusion and the uncanny is used by writers to generate a particular textual charge, where uncanny elements are used to flag patterns of allusion and to point to the haunting presence of an earlier work. It...

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1. Verfasser: Brown, Sarah Annes 1966- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Manchester ; New York Manchester University Press 2012
Ausgabe:First published
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Zusammenfassung:In this scholarly and suggestive study, Brown identifies moments where this affinity between allusion and the uncanny is used by writers to generate a particular textual charge, where uncanny elements are used to flag patterns of allusion and to point to the haunting presence of an earlier work. It traces the subtle patterns of connection between texts centuries, even millennia apart, from Greek tragedy and Latin epic, through the plays of Shakespeare and the Victorian novel, to contemporary film, fiction and poetry
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-227) and index
Beschreibung:Online-Ressource (vi, 233 Seiten)
ISBN:9781526125415
1781704686
9781781704684
DOI:10.7765/9781526125415

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