Mystery and Its Fictions: From Oedipus to Agatha ChristieJohns Hopkins University Press, 1979 - 203 Seiten Overview: 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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... already acted : he must now read his acts in order to know who he is . Similarly , the gods have already spoken : in answer to the repeated questions of mortals ( Laius twice ; Oedipus in Corinth , and in Thebes through Creon ) , the ...
... already acted : he must now read his acts in order to know who he is . Similarly , the gods have already spoken : in answer to the repeated questions of mortals ( Laius twice ; Oedipus in Corinth , and in Thebes through Creon ) , the ...
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... already fully written . Its " unfolding " could occur only once — as Pirandello was in the process of writing it . For all others , it is part of a ritualistic repetition that only mimes an unfolding : even the spectator who sees the ...
... already fully written . Its " unfolding " could occur only once — as Pirandello was in the process of writing it . For all others , it is part of a ritualistic repetition that only mimes an unfolding : even the spectator who sees the ...
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... already come to pass because there are no answers ; the answer " Man " is more than even a tautology — it is because Oedipus is Man that he has already killed his father and slept with his mother : the end of his story will not alter ...
... already come to pass because there are no answers ; the answer " Man " is more than even a tautology — it is because Oedipus is Man that he has already killed his father and slept with his mother : the end of his story will not alter ...
Inhalt
Discovering Only the Discoverer | 23 |
Containment of the Unknown | 39 |
Divine Mystery and Literary Salvation | 53 |
Urheberrecht | |
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