Narcissism and the Literary Libido : Rhetoric, Text, and Subjectivity /

What is it that makes language powerful? This book uses the psychoanalytic concepts of narcissism and libidinal investment to explain how rhetoric compels us and how it can effect change. The works of Joseph Conrad, James Baldwin, Michael Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Arthur Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Ben...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alcorn, Jr., Marshall W. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Berman, Jeffrey (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [1994]
Temas:
Narcissism in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric).
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Subjectivity in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Political Ties and Libidinal Ruptures: Narcissism as the Origin and End of Textual Production
  • 2. Self-Structure as a Rhetorical Device: Modern Ethos and the Divisiveness of the Self
  • 3. Projection and the Resistance of the Signifier: A Reader-Response Theory of Textual Presence
  • 4. Character, Plot, and Imagery: Mechanisms That Shift Narcissistic Investments
  • 5. The Narcissism of Creation and Interpretation: Agon at the Heart of Darkness
  • 6. Language and the Substance of the Self: A Lacanian Perspective
  • 7. Conclusion: What Do We Do with Rhetorical Criticism?
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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