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The double, the labyrinth and the locked room

by Shiloh, Ilana.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Peter Lang, (New York :) Physical details: viii, 186 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism. | Detective and mystery films -- History and criticism. | Metaphor in literature. | Metaphor in motion pictures. | Split self in literature. | Doubles in literature. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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