Features
ISBN Number: 9780521024211
Author: Frankland, Graham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Editor: Nisbet, H. B.
Editor: Swales, Martin
Location: Cambridge
Subject: European
Subject: Psychoanalysis and literature
Subject: European, General
Subject: Psychoanalysis and literature Psychoanalysis
Series: Cambridge Studies in German
Publication Date: February 2006
Cover Type: Paperback
Grade Level: Professional and scholarly
Written in: English
Number of Pages: 274
Book Size: 9.00x6.00x.62 in. .90 lbs.
This original book investigates the role played by literature in Sigmund Freud's creation and development of psychoanalysis. Graham Frankland analyzes the whole range of Freud's own texts from a literary-critical perspective, providing a comprehensive reappraisal of his life's work. His study reveals how Freud was deeply rooted in European literary tradition, examining in detail the rhetoric and imagery of his writing, the influence of literary criticism on his approach to analyzing patients and his creation of psychoanalytical "novels," quasi-literary fictions fraught with profoundly personal subtexts. Review:
"Frankland...is the only scholar to date to aspire to exhaustive treatment of Freud's complicated involvement with literature....a valuable resource." Choice"Freud's Literary Culture is a truly remarkable book that will stir the reader to reread Freud's work from a fresh point fo view....Freud's Literary Culture is a wonderfully stimulating and extraordinary comprehensive study of nonclinical influences on Freud's work." Psychoanalytic Quarterly
Synopsis:
This original study offers a comprehensive reappraisal of Freud??'s work from a literary-critical perspective.
