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Journal article
The Signature and the Sigil: Fortean Biography, Chaos Magick, and a Metabiographical Approach to Proper Names in Jonathan Downes's The Owlman and Others
Biography, Vol.47(2), pp.347-368
2024
Abstract
Drawing on recent scholarship on metabiography, the article examines how cryptozoologist Jonathan Downes draws on subcultural ideological values to develop strategies to stabilize or destabilize the proper name in biographical discourse. Ultimately, the article argues that through paranormal concepts, Downes enacts a theory of the biographical signature that foregrounds the uncanny dynamics of how biographical texts invest proper names with meaning. - from publisher
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- Title
- The Signature and the Sigil
- Publication Details
- Biography, Vol.47(2), pp.347-368
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Copyright
- © The George and Marguerite Simson Biographical Research Center
- Identifiers
- 99381606148706600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; English
- Language
- English