Plots: Literary Form and Conspiracy Culture (Conspiracy Theories)

Synopsis

This edited collection contributes to the study of conspiracy culture by analysing the relationship of literary forms to the formation, reception, and transformation of conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are narratives, and their narrative form provides the structure within which their ‘readers’ situate themselves when interpreting the world and its history. At the same time, conspiracist interpretations of the world may then be transmediated into works of literature and import popular discourse into narrative structures. The suppression and disappearance of books themselves may generate conspiracy theories and become co-opted into political dissent. Additionally, literary criticism itself is shown to adopt conspiracist modes of interpretation. By examining conspiracy plots as literary plots, with narrative, rhetorical, and symbolic characteristics, this volume is the first systematic study of how conspiracy culture in American and European history is the consequence of its interactions with literature. This book will be of great interest to researchers of conspiracy theories, literature, and literary criticism.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

204 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000475616

Related ISBNs:

9780367500702, 9781003048657, 9780367500696

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

11/30/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Ben Carver, Dana Craciun and Todor Hristov

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Ben Carver

Edited by:

Dana Craciun

Edited by:

Todor Hristov