Fear of the in-between: Interstitial space in Edgar Allen Poe's "William Wilson"

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dc.contributor.advisorLast, Nanaen_US
dc.creatorGerrick, Christopher Josephen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:12:11Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:12:11Zen_US
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.description.abstract"You have conquered, and I yield. Yet, henceforward art thou also dead---dead to the World, to Heaven and to Hope! In me didst thou exist---and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself." -William Wilson in Edgar Allen Poe's "William Wilson" This quote marks a moment of palpable horror as the reader discovers that an apparent murder is actually a suicide. "William Wilson" is a story about boundaries: the distinction between the self and the other, between William Wilson and his doppelganger, but also in the way these boundaries break down. In many of Poe's stories, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," we are enthralled by the building of suspense until the repressed becomes revealed. The vehicle of study will be a re-presentation/re-construction of "William Wilson" the text/character. This architectonic double suggests multiple readings of the interstitial spaces, events, sounds, characters, and objects featured in "William Wilson." The product of this investigation cannot be divorced from a process of production which explores the concept of doubling---such as printing, xeroxing, photography, casting---and what the ramifications of these methods have for the design of space.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 2003 GERRICKen_US
dc.identifier.citationGerrick, Christopher Joseph. "Fear of the in-between: Interstitial space in Edgar Allen Poe's "William Wilson"." (2003) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17591">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17591</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2846en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17591en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectModern literatureen_US
dc.subjectAmerican literatureen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.titleFear of the in-between: Interstitial space in Edgar Allen Poe's "William Wilson"en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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