Twins in Contemporary Literature and Culture : Look Twice /

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 twin...

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Main Author:	Nooy, Juliana de (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	Literature. Contemporary Literature. Cultural Studies. Cultural Theory. Fiction. Literary Theory. Twentieth-Century Literature. Culture > Study and teaching. Literature > Philosophy. Literature, Modern > 20th century. Literature, Modern > 21st century. Popular culture > Study and teaching. Electronic books.
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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XVIII, 198 pages)
ISBN:	9780230286863
DOI:	10.1057/9780230286863