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Pure Formalities: Living With the Nescient Dead, or the Dead Who Don't Know They Are Dead.

In the article, the author analyzes the contemporary writing genre about nescient dead (ND) or the dead people who do not know they are already dead. Other topics include the periodization and historicity questions raised by ND on such issues as genre, knowledge, technology, and diaspora, as well as...

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Published in:Contemporary Literature Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 161 - 204
Main Author: Hardack, Richard
Format: Article
Published: University of Wisconsin Press Summer2018
Subjects:
Literary form
Dead
Cultural property
Periodization of literature
Historicity
Sixth Sense, The (Book)
White Noise (Book : DeLillo)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:In the article, the author analyzes the contemporary writing genre about nescient dead (ND) or the dead people who do not know they are already dead. Other topics include the periodization and historicity questions raised by ND on such issues as genre, knowledge, technology, and diaspora, as well as cultural patrimony and some literary examples like "The Sixth Sense,""Ubik," and "White Noise."