‘Expert diagnosis has averted still another tragedy’: Misreading and the Paranoia of Expertise in The Third Policeman
The essay explores the significance of Brian O’Nolan’s recurrent return to the misreader as character, trope, and process throughout his writing, with a particular focus on The Third Policeman. It is argued that O’Nolan’s hoax aesthetic – shot through with authorial and generic misdirection and popu...
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Open Library of Humanities
2015-05-01
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| Series: | The Parish Review |
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| Online Access: | https://parishreview.openlibhums.org/article/id/3118/ |