Twins in Contemporary Literature and Culture Look Twice
Description
Stories of twins are told with astonishing frequency in contemporary culture. Films and novels from recent decades repeatedly tell of the stranglehold of brotherly love, the evil twin who steals her sister's lover, the homicidal mutant twin, the reunion of twins separated at birth, warring twins, and confusion between look-alikes. Twins in Contemporary Literature and Culture asks why we keep telling twin tales and how these have been transformed in recent retellings to reflect the preoccupations of the times.
Keywords
Literary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceSociologyModern20th CenturyFictionLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social
2005Book
Author(s)Juliana De Nooy
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403947451
LanguageEnglish
