Psychoanalytic criticism : theory in practice

Psychoanalytic criticism : theory in practice / Elizabeth Wright.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wright, Elizabeth, 1926-2000
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2003, ©1984.
Series:New accents (Routledge (Firm))
Subjects:
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Psychoanalysis and art.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Psychoanalysis and art
Psychoanalysis and literature
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Psychoanalytic Criticism; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I; 2 Classical psychoanalysis: Freud; Theoretical principles and basic concepts; The dream and the strategies of desire; Art and the strategies of desire; 3 Classical Freudian criticism: id-psychology; Psychoanalysis of the author: Bonaparte on Poe; Psychoanalysis of the character: Crews on Hawthorne; Psychoanalysis of culture: Lawrence on American literature; 4 Post-Freudian criticism: ego-psychology; Aesthetic ambiguiry: Kris.
  • The dynamics of response: Lesser and Holland5 Archetypal criticism: Jung and the collective unconscious; Archetypal symbols: practice; Archetypal symbols: theory; PART II; 6 Object-relations theory: self and other; Fantasy and reality; Object-relations and aesthetics; Playing and reality; Potential space and the field of illusion; PART III; 7 Structural psychoanalysis: psyche as text; Psychoanalysis and language: Lacan; Lacan, literature and the arts; The tum of the reader/writer; 8 Post-structural psychoanalysis: text as psyche; Derrida and the scene of writing.
  • The return of Freud: jokes and the uncannyBloom and the return of the author; PART IV; 9 Psychoanalysis and ideology: focus on the unconscious and society; Psychoanalysis as a discourse: sexuality and power; Deleuze and Guattari: schizoanalysis and Kafka; Gradiva rediviva: towards a way out; 10 Conclusion; References; Further reading; Index.

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