Freud's theory and its use in literary and cultural studies : an introduction /

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Author / Creator:	Berg, Henk de, 1963-
Imprint:	Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2003.
Description:	xii, 155 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Subject:	Psychoanalysis and literature. Literature, Modern -- History and criticism. Psychoanalysis. Literature, Modern. Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis and literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4922551

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ISBN:	1571132546 9781571132543 1571133011 9781571133014
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.
Summary:	"Rarely has a single figure had as much influence on Western thought as Sigmund Freud. His ideas permeate our culture to such a degree that an understanding of them is indispensable. Yet many otherwise well-informed students in the humanities labor under misconceptions or lack of knowledge about Freudian theory. There are countless introductions to Freudian psychoanalysis but, surprisingly, none that combine a genuinely accessible account of Freud's ideas with an introduction to their use in literary and cultural studies, as this book does. It is written specifically for use by advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses dealing with literary and cultural criticism, yet will also be of interest to the general reader."--Jacket.
Other form:	Online version: Berg, Henk de, 1963- Freud's theory and its use in literary and cultural studies. Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2003

Table of Contents:

1. The birth of psychoanalysis ; Hysteria ; Conscious, preconscious, and unconscious ; Sexuality ; From polymorphous perversity to adult sexuality ; The normality of perversion
2. How to gain access to the unconscious ; The interpretation of dreams I ; The interpretation of dreams II: some problems ; The interpretation of Freudian slips I ; The interpretation of Freudian slips II: applications ; The interpretation of free associations ; The interpretation of resistance and transference
3. The unconscious and society ; Id, ego, and superego I ; Id, ego, and superego II: three examples ; The id and society ; The revolutionary nature of psychoanalysis
4. The psychoanalysis of literature ; The mystery of Hamlet ; Hamlet and Oedipus ; Hamlet's inner conflict ; The play, the author, the readers ; Psychoanalysis and literary criticism ; Unconscious communication: Heine's "Lore-Ley" ; Snow White, or the meaning and importance of fairy tales
5. The psychoanalysis of culture ; Totem and taboo I ; Totem and taboo II: its problems and its influence on literature ; Totem and taboo III: its application to the study of culture ; Man's cultural self-deception ; Two types of psychoanalysis.

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