RIDDLES AND REVELATIONS: FORMS OF INCEST TELLING IN 20TH-CENTURY ...

• mémoire - matière potentielle : incest
• dissertation
• cours - matière potentielle : action
• exposé
• leçon - matière potentielle : patients

RIDDLES AND REVELATIONS: FORMS OF INCEST TELLING IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICA by Mako E. Yoshikawa A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (English Languages and Literature) in The University of Michigan 2008 Doctoral Committee: Professor Patricia S. Yaeger, Chair Associate Professor Paul A. Anderson Assistant Professor Joshua L. Miller Professor Simon E. Gikandi, Princeton University

• telling of the memoir
• predominant model for contemporary incest narratives
• revelation of incest
• figure of the father
• transgression
• father
• functions as a touchstone for horror
• genre of incest fiction
• incest
• incest as a riddle