Essays about: "A confederacy of dunces"

Found 2 essays containing the words A confederacy of dunces.

  1. 1. Conjuring a Carnival of Denial: How the Oedipus Complex Manifests in the Sociosexual Fringes of John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Rion Farmer; [2018]
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  3. 2. Ignatius descending - A psychoanalytical reading of a confederacy of letters

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Mårten Bjertner; [2006]
    Keywords : Psychoanalytic; A confederacy of dunces; text as phallus ; Lacan;

    Abstract : Walker Percy writes, in the foreword of "A confederacy of dunces", “I hesitate to use the word comedy - though comedy it is - because that implies simply a funny book, and this novel is a great deal more than that …It is also sad. One never quite knows where the sadness comes from. READ MORE