Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
Holographic ensemble : the death of doubt itself in The nigger of the "Narcissus" -- Something savage, something pedantic : imaginary portraits of certitude in Jacob's room -- Maladjusted phantasms : the ontological question of blackness in Light in August -- The business of dreams : retailing presence in Miss Lonelyhearts -- Chaos and surface in Invisible man -- Assuming the position : fugitivity and futurity in the work of Chester Himes