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explores the various unsettling effects the uncanny might produce on the reader. In that
respect, Elizabeth Napier's The Failure of Gothic and Michelle A. Massé In the Name of
Love are noteworthy because they serve as platforms for discussion of various
psychoanalytical considerations and dichotomies as they pertain particularly to the
Gothic, such as repression and regression, scopophilia/exhibitionism and
sadism/masochism.
For the discussion of Ellis’ American Psycho postmodern aesthetics of
transgression, I draw from a number of essays and critiques that explore the various
forms of pastiche and borrowed dialogism of the novel. While Julian Murphet’s
Reader’s Guide offers a comprehensive overview of Ellis’ literary tropes, Mikhail
Bakthin’s The Dialogic Imagination and Mary Harron’s film adaptation were especially
helpful in determining the transgressive nature enclosed in Ellis’ satire of consumer
capitalism.
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