Borderline experience: madness, mimicry and Scottish gothic
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Brewster, S 2005, 'Borderline experience: madness, mimicry and Scottish gothic' , Gothic Studies, 7 (1) , pp. 79-86.
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Abstract
This essay draws on Julia Kristeva's concept of 'borderline' experience, a feature of psychotic discourse, to examine the representation of madness, split personality and sociopathic behaviour in James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and the contemporary, muted Gothic of John Burnside's The Locust Room (2001). The main characteristics of borderline experience - a concern with authenticity and the proper name, with uncertain boundaries between inside and outside, truth and delusion - are central concerns in Hogg and Burnside, and the essay assesses the value of borderline discourse for a critical reading of madness in Gothic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Themes: | Subjects / Themes > P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) Memory, Text and Place |
| Schools: | Colleges and Schools > College of Arts & Social Sciences Colleges and Schools > College of Arts & Social Sciences > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Gothic Studies |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| ISSN: | 1362-7937 |
| Depositing User: | H Kenna |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2009 16:53 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2011 11:54 |
| URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/1306 |
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