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1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Continuum literary studies series
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Continuum literary studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Desire, the Lacanian Cogito; 2. Desire and Sexual Difference; 3. Beyond Desire: Love, Mystic Jouissance and The Sinthome; 4. Lacan, Literary Theory and Criticism; 5. Shakespeare's Theatre of Desire; 6. John Donne's Hymns to Love, Desire and Jouissance; 7. Joyce's Wakean Sinthome; 8. The Function of the Specular Image and the Littoral in John Ashbery's Poetry; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In contemporary academic literary studies, Lacan is often considered impenetrably obscure, due to the unavailability of his late works, insufficient articulation of his methodologies and sometimes stereotypical use of Lacanian concepts in literary theory. This study aims to integrate Lacan into contemporary literary study by engaging with a broad range of Lacanian theoretical concepts, often for the first time in English, and using them to analyse a range of key texts from different periods. Azari explores Lacan's theory of desire as well as his final theories of lituraterre, littoral, and t. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.
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Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981. |
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalysis. |
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Psychoanalysis in literature.
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Psychoanalysis in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Azari, Ehsanullah. Lacan and the destiny of literature. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2008 9781847063793 (DLC) 2009275211 (OCoLC)212847556 |
| ISBN |
9781441139016 (electronic book) |
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144113901X (electronic book) |
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9781847063793 |
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1847063799 |
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