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The Death-Ego and the Vital Self. Romances of Desire in Literature and Psychoanalysis.
Gavriel Reisner
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Hardback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
This volume presents original views of the relationship between desire and romance. It begins by looking anew at the nature of desire, citing its central theoretical text as Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle'. It traces the struggle betwen myth and romance, between the ego on its way to death and the self in search of life, through close readings of poems and letters of John Keats and in detailed considerations of a series of novels including Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Sons and Lovers.
This volume presents original views of the relationship between desire and romance. It begins by looking anew at the nature of desire, citing its central theoretical text as Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle'. It traces the struggle betwen myth and romance, between the ego on its way to death and the self in search of life, through close readings of poems and letters of John Keats and in detailed considerations of a series of novels including Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Sons and Lovers.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611472240
SKU
V9781611472240
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About Gavriel Reisner
Gavriel Reisner (Ben-Ephraim), PhD. is a former professor of English and Multidisciplinary Studies at the Hebrew and Tel Aviv Universities.
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