The Self without Character: Melville’s The Confidence-Man and Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore
This essay explores the gap between character, that is, the habitual persona or mask that can be consistently recognized and represented, and the underlying self. If the self is conflated with the persona, the latter rings hollow. If the self emerges in the gap between itself and its persona, it is...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Humanities |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/7/1/25 |