The hard, bloodless surface of a mirror: Patricia Highsmith’s Kierkegaardian anatomy of anxiety
This essay considers Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels in relation to the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, which Highsmith knew and admired, and argues for the ethical earnestness of Highsmith’s fiction. The essay interprets Tom Ripley as an implicit allegorical expression of the Kierkegaardian dem...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Literature and theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-109 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics NCB Personal ethics VA Philosophy ZD Psychology |
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