dc.contributor.advisor |
Calder, A |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jamneck, Lynette |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-09T01:28:10Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2012 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/13597 |
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dc.description |
Full text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.description.abstract |
This thesis is a study of two novellas by American authors Howard Philips (H.P.) Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness and Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym address issues of textual instability in the way they parallel ideas about literary interpretation. The texts expose language as a signifier of its problematic status as a communication tool. Narrative sources, scientific inquiry, the unknown, the influence of the past on the present and psychological states of mind inform the argument. The questionable accounts of unreliable narrators become textual conduits for analysis and interpretation. It is argued that At the Mountains of Madness and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym are uncanny. The texts exhibit this through the elusive and multilayered nature of Gothic literature. The notion of language as structured, with clear and direct meaning is revealed as misleading. By highlighting the narratorial perspectives of their narrators, this thesis will emphasise Poe and Lovecraft's narratives as inconsistent. Rather than an outcome where this poses barriers to interpretation, it is argued that new and unique perspectives arising from such ambiguous narratives extend them from the past into the present, at the same time projecting them into a future, facilitating ever-evolving influence, interpretation, and deeper understanding. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Tekeli-li! Disturbing Language in Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.elements-id |
316119 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2012-03-09 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112890112 |
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