Desire in language : a semiotic approach to literature and art

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Desire in language : a semiotic approach to literature and art

by Julia Kristeva ; edited by Leon S. Roudiez ; translated by Thomas Gora, Alice Jardine, and Leon S. Roudiez

Blackwell, 1982

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  • pbk.

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Includes index

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Description

This study proposes and tests theories involving first the origin and development of the novel, and second what the author has defined as a signifying practice in "poetic language" and pictorial works. She rejects the postulates of Freudian ego psychology, and argues the existence in language of a split subject divided between unconscious and conscious motivations; that is, between physiological processes and social constraints.

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  • NCID
    BA23800666
  • ISBN
    • 0631130454
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 305p
  • Size
    23cm
  • Subject Headings
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