Cryptomimesis

She develops the theory of cryptomimesis, a term devised to accommodate the convergence of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and certain "Gothic" stylistic, formal, and thematic patterns and motifs in Derrida''s work that give rise to questions regarding writing, reading, and interpretation. Using Edgar Allan Poe''s Madeline and Roderick Usher, Bram Stoker''s Dracula, and Stephen King''s Louis Creed, sh...