Spectral Dickens: The Uncanny Forms of Novelistic Characterization - Couverture souple

Bove III, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1526174545 ISBN 13 : 9781526174543

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Drawing on the recent ontological turn in critical theory, Spectral Dickens explores an aspect of literary character that is neither real nor fictional, but spectral. This work thus provides an in-depth study of the inimitable characters populating Dickens' illustrated novels using three hauntological concepts: the Freudian uncanny, Derridean spectrality, and the Lacanian real. Thus, while the current discourse on character studies, which revolves around values like realism, depth, and lifelikeness, tends to see characters as mimetic of persons, this book invents new critical concepts to account for non-mimetic forms of characterization. These spectral forms bring to light the important influence of developments in nineteenth-century visual culture, such as the lithography and caricature of Daumier and J.J. Grandville. The spectrality of novelistic characters developed here paves the way for a new understanding of fictional characters in general.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexander Bove is Professor of English at Pacific University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526174545
• ISBN 13: 9781526174543
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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