Jentsch

Jentsch writes: ‘In telling a story one of the most successful devices for easily creating uncanny effects is to leave the reader in uncertainty whether a particular figure in the story is a human being or an automaton and to do it in such a way that his attention is not focused directly upon his uncertainty, so that he may not be led to go into the matter and clear it up immediately. That, as we have said, would quickly dissipate the peculiar emotional effect of the thing...'

I thought I'd post th is up. I felt it was relevant to our project. It was something I came upon whihlst doing research for my essay.

More info can be found here

http://people.emich.edu/acoykenda/uncanny1.htm