The Semantics of Desire : Changing Models of Identity from Dickens to Joyce

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This work examines the dialectic of desire and value, as it affects the protagonist's identity, in fiction from Dickens and George Eliot through Hardy and Conrad to Lawrence and Joyce. Philip Weinstein describes the growing sexualization of the imagined body--the transformation of the protagoni...

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Main Author: Weinstein, Philip M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Psychological fiction, English.
Mind and body in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
English fiction.
Desire in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
Desir dans la litterature.
Esprit et corps dans la litterature.
Identite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This work examines the dialectic of desire and value, as it affects the protagonist's identity, in fiction from Dickens and George Eliot through Hardy and Conrad to Lawrence and Joyce. Philip Weinstein describes the growing sexualization of the imagined body--the transformation of the protagonistic self from a figure defined by semantics, signification, and cultural value to one characterized by desire, force, and natural impulse. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of.
Item Description:Cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9781400857395

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