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metaphors of paradox in crime fiction and film

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The double, the labyrinth and the locked room

metaphors of paradox in crime fiction and film

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English
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186

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Cover of: Double, the Labyrinth and the Locked Room
Double, the Labyrinth and the Locked Room: Metaphors of Paradox in Crime Fiction and Film
2011, Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
in English
Cover of: The double, the labyrinth and the locked room
The double, the labyrinth and the locked room: metaphors of paradox in crime fiction and film
2011, Peter Lang, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The deconstruction of reason in Poe's Tales of ratiocination. The double. Existential doubles : Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese falcon
Subversive doubles : Patricia Highsmith's The talented Mr. Ripley
Doubles : Christopher Nolan's Memento
The labyrinth. Avatars of the labyrinth : Jorge Luis Borges's Death and the compass
Justice as a labyrinth : the Coen Brothers' The man who wasn't there
The book as a labyrinth : Mark Danielewski's House of leaves
The locked room. The locked room of the self : Paul Auster's The New York trilogy
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.087209
Library of Congress
PS374.D4 S52 2011, PS374.D4S52 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 186 p. :
Number of pages
186

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24903131M
ISBN 10
0820468436
ISBN 13
9780820468433
LCCN
2010041800
OCLC/WorldCat
670247538

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