Nevertheless, such persons as the composer of these Notes not only exist in our society, but indeed must exist, considering the circumstances under which our society has generally been formed. American Psycho - Page ixby Bret Easton Ellis - 2010 - 416 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Dominick LaCapra - Fiction - 1989 - 236 pages
...the text to a mere document, a detached case history of a representative character of modern times. The author of these notes and the "Notes" themselves are, of course, imaginary. Nevertheless, such persons as the writer of these notes, not only may, but positively must,... | |
| Gary Saul Morson - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 356 pages
...underground man's self-characterization, we hear him characterized by another, who is inaccessible to him: "The author of these notes and the 'Notes' themselves are, of course, imaginary. Nevertheless, such persons as the writer of these notes, not only may, but positively must,... | |
| San Diego Bakhtin Circle - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 204 pages
...signed footnote that greets readers of the first page of his invented narrative, Dostoevsky tells us: "Such persons as the composer of these Notes not only...under which our society has generally been formed." Despite the fact that the Underground Man constantly writes to assert his autonomy, and his belief... | |
| Dale E. Peterson - History - 2000 - 268 pages
...greets readers of the first page of the narrative, Dostoevsky states: "Such persons as the compiler of these Notes not only exist in our society, but...under which our society has generally been formed." Despite the fact that the underground man constantly writes to assert his autonomy and his belief (for... | |
| William J. Leatherbarrow - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 264 pages
...action. Thus, the words of the 'editor', voicing the implications of the form, carry a heavy irony: 'The author of these "Notes" and the notes themselves are of course imaginary. Nevertheless, such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must,... | |
| Frank Lentricchia, Jody McAuliffe - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 198 pages
...pleasure in blood. HOTES rKOH UHOEKOKOUHO Both the author of these Noles and the Notes themselves are, ot course, fictional, Nevertheless, such persons as the...under which our society has generally been formed. 1 have wished to brmg before the public, somewhat more distinctly than usual. one of the characters... | |
| Frances Ferguson - Education - 2004 - 202 pages
...what I have earlier called the schizophrenic narrator, seems well chosen to insist upon this point: Both the author of these Notes and the Notes themselves...under which our society has generally been formed. A character such as the author of the Notes, like Patrick Bateman, may be fictional, but not because... | |
| Ishay Landa - Philosophy - 2007 - 340 pages
...novel takes as a motto Dostoevsky's words from Notes from Underground from which it is worth quoting: 'Both the author of these Notes and the Notes themselves...considering the circumstances under which our society has been generally formed.' Easton Ellis invokes Dostoevsky to programmatically state the Americanism of... | |
| Sabine Buchholz - 2007 - 113 pages
...Underground von Fjodor Dostojewskij85 und widmet sich der Ausweisung jenen Textes als fiktives Machwerk: Both the author of these Notes and the Notes themselves are, of course, ficitonal. Nevertheless, such persons as the composer of these Notes not only exist in our society,... | |
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