Reading the Text that Isn't There: Paranoia in the Nineteenth-century American NovelPsychology Press, 2005 - 185 sider Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies and conspiratorial fantasy from one narrative site to another. |
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Reading the Text That Isn't There: Paranoia in the Nineteenth-Century Novel Mike Davis Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2004 |
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