Mimetic set and match: Around Shaffer’s “Sleuth”

Anthony Shaffer’s mystery thriller, Sleuth, and subsequent film version, provide a blueprint for the crushing influence of imitation and monstrous doubling as outlined by French-American anthropologist, René Girard. The relationship between crime writer Andrew Wyke and his wife’s lover reveals itsel...

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Main Author: Andrzej Fretschel-Hojarski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego 2025-04-01
Series:Studia Filmoznawcze
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Online Access:https://wuwr.pl/sf/article/view/17981
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