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050 00 $aPS374.D4$bH69 2008
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100 1 $aHowe, Alexander N.,$d1973-
245 10 $aIt didn't mean anything :$ba psychoanalytic reading of American detective fiction /$cAlexander N. Howe.
246 3 $aIt did not mean anything
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2008.
300 $aix, 285 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : reading the detective and the analyst encore! -- The classical detective : truth, knowledge, and the imbecility of the master -- "Protective thinking" : obsessional neurosis, analysis and the hard-boiled detective -- Hysteria, paranoia, and love in Philip K. Dick's anti-detective fiction -- Remembering, repeating, and working through : traumatic narrative in the hard-boiled fiction of Marcia Muller.
520 $a"This critical study of American detective fiction examines the history and development of the detective genre through the lens of psychoanalysis. Applying the ideas of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, the author identifies and categorizes popular works according to the fictional protagonist's hysteria, obsessive neurosis, perversion, or psychosis"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aPsychoanalysis and literature$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xPsychological aspects.
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