Literature and psychoanalysis : intertextual readings
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Literature and psychoanalysis : intertextual readings
Palgrave, 2001
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780333692110
Description
This book explores ways in which psychoanalytic theory can be put to work in the reading of literary texts. Using concepts such as the unconscious, object relations, desire, abjection, the uncanny, hysteria, the masquerade and the death drive, it analyses a broad range of well-known literary texts in different genres, from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Derek Walcott and Jeanette Winterson. Freud, Klein, Bion, Lacan, Abraham, Torok and Kristeva are read alongside literary theory from Blanchot to Derrida to provide the theoretical basis for an investigation of the complexity of human phantasy as it seeks representation in literature.
Table of Contents
Preface.- Representing the Unconscious.- The (Lost) Object.- Abjection and the Melancholic Imaginary.- The Tragedy of Desire.- The Uncanny Text.- The Subject of Hysteria.- Femininities and Other Masquerades.- The Phantasy of Death.- Works Cited.- Index.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780333692127
Description
This is an exploration of ways in which psychoanalytic theory can be put to work in the reading of literary texts. Using concepts such as the unconscious, object relations, desire, abjection, the uncanny, hysteria, the masquerade and the death drive, it analyzes a broad range of well known literary texts in different genres, from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Derek Walcott and Jeanette Winterson. Freud, Klein, Bion, Lacan, Abraham, Torok and Kristeva are read alongside literary theory from Blanchot to Derrida to provide the theoretical basis for an investigation of the complexity of human phantasy as it seeks representation in literature.
Table of Contents
Preface Representing the Unconscious The (Lost) Object Abjection and the Melancholic Imaginary The Tragedy of Desire The Uncanny Text The Subject of Hysteria Femininities and Other Masquerades The Phantasy of Death Works Cited Index
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