Freud's Literary Culture

ISBN-13: 9780521663168 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 276 str.

Graham Frankland; H. B. Nisbet; Martin Swales

Opis

This original book investigates the role played by literature in Sigmund Freud's creation and development of psychoanalysis. Graham Frankland analyzes the whole range of Freud's own texts from a literary-critical perspective, providing a comprehensive reappraisal of his life's work. His study reveals how Freud was deeply rooted in European literary tradition, examining in detail the rhetoric and imagery of his writing, the influence of literary criticism on his approach to analyzing patients and his creation of psychoanalytical "novels," quasi-literary fictions fraught with profoundly personal subtexts.

Recenzje

"Freud's Literary Culture is a truly remarkable book that will stir the reader to reread Freud's work from a fresh point fo view....Freud's Literary Culture is a wonderfully stimulating and extraordinary comprehensive study of nonclinical influences on Freud's work." Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The unconscious of psychoanalysis: Freud's literary allusions; 2. A sublime ambivalence: Freud as literary critic; 3. The literary-critical paradigm: Sources as Freud's hermeneutic; 4. The Frustrated Dichter: literary qualities of Freud's text; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.