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An edition of It didn't mean anything (2008)

It didn't mean anything

a psychoanalytic reading of American detective fiction

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"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.

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McFarland & Co.
Language
English
Pages
285

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Subjects

American Detective and mystery stories, American fiction, American literature, Detective and mystery stories, American, History and criticism, Psychoanalysis and literature, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of American literature, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Literature, psychology

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United States

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20th century
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It didn't mean anything: a psychoanalytic reading of American detective fiction
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Table of Contents

Introduction : 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jefferson, N.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.0872093561
Library of Congress
PS374.D4 H69 2008, PS374.D4H69 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
285

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OL16444992M
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ISBN 13
9780786434541
LCCN
2008003190
OCLC/WorldCat
173240856
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2120468

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OL11791277W

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