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Cryptomimesis: The Gothic and Jacques Derrida's Ghost Writing
This is an examination of the intersection between Derrida's writing and the gothic to theorise Derrida's 'poetics of the crypt'.
176 pages, Paperback
First published November 7, 2001
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December 25, 2018
Has a fair share of proper, understandable concepts, but it is a real maze of quotations, paraphrases, allusions and borrowings, what sometimes make it incredibly frustrating to read.
June 14, 2022
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August 27, 2009A good study of Derrida's theories to the Gothic.
July 10, 2013
A useful book, albeit one hidden in its own surfeit of labyrinth-long-mirrors.
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