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Brown, Sarah Annes

 
9780719085154: A Familiar Compound Ghost: Allusion and the Uncanny
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ISBN 10 : 0719085152 ISBN 13 : 9780719085154
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2012

Synopsis

A Familiar Compound Ghost explores the relationship between allusion and the uncanny in literature. An unexpected echo or quotation in a new text can be compared to the sudden appearance of a ghost or mysterious double, the reanimation of a corpse, or the discovery of an ancient ruin hidden in a modern city. 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.

A Familiar Compound Ghost 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. Each chapter takes a different uncanny motif as its focus: doubles, ruins, reanimation, ghosts and journeys to the underworld.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Annes Brown is Professor of English Literature at Anglia Ruskin University

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0719085152
ISBN 13 
9780719085154
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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