Cryptic Subtexts in Literature and Film

Secret Messages and Buried Treasure

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by Steven F. Walker

Type

Studies

Subject

Film Analysis

Keywords

text, narrative analysis

Publishing date

2020

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature

1st publishing

2019

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 220 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-367-66601-9

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Book Presentation:
One of the primary objectives of comparative literature is the study of the relationship of texts, also known as intertextuality, which is a means of contextualizing and analyzing the way literature grows and flourishes through inspiration and imitation, direct or indirect. When the inspiration and imitation is direct and obvious, the study of this rapport falls into the more restricted category of hypertextuality. What Steven Walker has labeled a cryptic subtext, however, is an extreme case of hypertextuality. It involves a series of allusions to another text that have been deliberately inserted by the author into the primary text as potential points of reference. This book takes a deep dive into a broad array of literature and film to explore these allusions and the hidden messages therein.

About the Author:
Steven F. Walker is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University

Press Reviews:
"Cryptic Subtexts is a far reaching, original, engaging book that will alter the direction, and enrich the scope of, intertextual studies."-- Jon Thiem, Professor emeritus, Colorado State University

"Walker’s Cryptic Subtexts in Modern Literature and Film: Secret Messages and Buried Treasure is a rare treat for the reader: an eloquent, comprehensive, yet accessible account of a promising new category and a rich panoply of literary, visual, music, and film artworks. Crossing cultures, artforms and disciplines, and showing how they productively interact even when—and especially when—they differ, Walker’s has created a book that is much needed today." -- Professor Sanja Bahun, University of Essex

See the publisher website: Routledge