Doppelganger lit.

[Tiffany]

I'm starting to work on a term paper for a psychoanalytic theory course, and my topic is the doppelganger/double/monstrous "I" in literature. I'm trying to read as many pieces as I can on the subject and so far I've got "William Wilson" (Poe), The Stepford Wives, Fight Club, some Borges, Calvino's "The Cloven Viscount", and, of course, [...] Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Can anyone reccomend anything else? I'm looking for non-genre type stuff...
Thanks.

 

[pontalba]

Its been argued (logically speaking) that in Lolita Humbert Humbert and Clare Quilty would fit that profile.

 

[steffee]

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

(William Wilson is great, you've already got that )

 

[Tiffany]

thank you for your feedback

 

[VIDEODROME]

Actually the first thing I thought of was The Incredible Hulk. Yeah a lot of it is just about the Hulk smashing things and fighting but I also liked the struggle for control between Hulk and Banner, or the Grey Hulk. I liked how the real root of the problem wasn't the gamma bomb accident but that it was a multiple personality disorder.

 

[Occlith]

Check the Wikipedia entry on Doppelganger.

 

[Spiceymunkey]

How about 'Mr X' by Peter Straub.