James Ellroy’s American Tabloid: Conspiracy Theory and Chaos Theory
As Ellroy himself suggests it in his introduction to American Tabloid, small causes can have portentous effects. Applying determinist chaos theory to the conspiracy that led to the JFK assassination as it is revisited by what is, after all, a fictional text, this essay draws some conclusions as to t...
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| Main Author: | Isabelle Boof-Vermesse |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"
2004-12-01
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| Series: | Sillages Critiques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/1499 |
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