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A Concise Companion to Psychoanalysis, Literature, and Culture
Contributor(s): Marcus, Laura (Editor), Mukherjee, Ankhi (Editor)
ISBN: 140518860X     ISBN-13: 9781405188609
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $192.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
- Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis
Dewey: 150.195
LCCN: 2014005195
Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.58 lbs) 464 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

This concise companion explores the history of psychoanalytic theory and its impact on contemporary literary criticism by tracing its movement across disciplinary and cultural boundaries.

  • Contains original essays by leading scholars, using a wide range of cultural and historical approaches
  • Discusses key concepts in psychoanalysis, such as the role of dreaming, psychosexuality, the unconscious, and the figure of the double, while considering questions of gender, race, asylum and international law, queer theory, time, and memory
  • Spans the fields of psychoanalysis, literature, cultural theory, feminist and gender studies, translation studies, and film.
  • Provides a timely and pertinent assessment of current psychoanalytic methods while also sketching out future directions for theory and interpretation