Pamela Thurschwell

Sigmund Freud (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The work of Sigmund Freud has penetrated almost every area of literary theory and cultural studies, as well as contemporary culture. Pamela Thurschwell explains and contextualises psychoanalytic theory and its meaning for modern thinking. This updated second edition explores developments and responses to Freud's work, including:

• tracing contexts and developments of Freud's work over the course of his career
• exploring paradoxes and contradictions in his writing
• focusing on psychoanalysis as an interpretative strategy, paying special attention to its impact on literary and cultural theory
• examining the recent backlash against Freud and arguing for the continued relevance of psychoanalysis.

Encouraging and preparing readers to approach Freud's original texts, this guide ensures that readers of all levels will find Freud accessible, challenging and of continued relevance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134027064
• Artikelnr.: 42980261

Autorenporträt

Pamela Thurschwell is Reader in English, and Head of Department at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Literature, Technology and Magical Thinking, 1880-1920 (2001) and Sigmund Freud (2000) and the editor of Quadrophenia and Mod(ern) Culture (2017). She has published widely on 19th, 20th and 21st-century literature, adolescence, and popular culture and has most recently edited a cluster for the journal Post 45 on the TV show Bojack Horseman.

Inhaltsangabe

Why Freud? Life and Contexts. Early Theories - Psychoanalysis: An Autobiographical Theory? Key Ideas 1. Interpretation 2. Sexuality 3. Case Histories 4. Freud's Maps of the Mind 5. Society and Religion After Freud: Effects and Conflicts