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“Žižek seems to have got Hitchcock out of his system, if not out of his unconscious—one never does that.”

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Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson

Fredric Jameson is a renowned American literary theorist and critic, born on April 14, 1934. His research spans across various fields such as Marxist theory, postmodernism, and cultural studies, having a profound impact on contemporary literary criticism. more

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