The use of this character device is widespread in nineteenth and twentieth-century literature and indicates a growing awareness among authors that the "self " is really a composite of many "selves ". ... The phrase has a long history in literature, and was popularized (and perhaps coined) by Edgar Allan Poe in his short story, "The Imp of the Perverse." 2. ... Many critics consider Poe the founder of the so called doppelganger technique, in literature. ... More than a regular story, the latter one, is a study of the unconscious mind, and in some critic's opinion is an early version of...

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She considers the book as a guide of life. ... A study by an assistant professor of communication studies found that people who use cell phone frequently are less likely to communicate in public [Goscicki]. ...

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