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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... fear of losing one's eyes is a reminder that such fears occur in childhood as substitute castra- tion fears ( we will return to this question in our examination of Oedipus the King ) . Since these fears derive from the presence of the ...
... fear of losing one's eyes is a reminder that such fears occur in childhood as substitute castra- tion fears ( we will return to this question in our examination of Oedipus the King ) . Since these fears derive from the presence of the ...
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... fear of losing one's eyes , which Freud believes to be a sub- stitute fear for that of castration , evolves through a similar circularity . Among the explanations attempted for this complex theory is the association of such fears with ...
... fear of losing one's eyes , which Freud believes to be a sub- stitute fear for that of castration , evolves through a similar circularity . Among the explanations attempted for this complex theory is the association of such fears with ...
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... fear and the fear induced by the reader's own belief . ( The same mechanism is at work in " The Sand- man " even though Nathaniel believes in , and fears , his otherness : the reader can credit Nathaniel only if he can credit 18 MYSTERY ...
... fear and the fear induced by the reader's own belief . ( The same mechanism is at work in " The Sand- man " even though Nathaniel believes in , and fears , his otherness : the reader can credit Nathaniel only if he can credit 18 MYSTERY ...
Inhalt
Discovering Only the Discoverer | 23 |
Containment of the Unknown | 39 |
Divine Mystery and Literary Salvation | 53 |
Urheberrecht | |
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