Lacan and the destiny of literature : desire, jouissance and the sinthome in Shakespeare, Donne, Joyce and Ashbery /

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Author / Creator:Azari, Ehsanullah.
Imprint:London ; New York : Continuum, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Continuum literary studies series
Continuum literary studies.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11232158
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ISBN:9781441139016
144113901X
9781441149305
1441149309
9781847063793
1847063799
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Azari, Ehsanullah. Lacan and the destiny of literature. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2008 9781847063793