A concise companion to psychoanalysis, literature, and culture /

• Other Authors: Marcus, Laura, Mukherjee, Ankhi
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
• Series: Concise companions to literature and culture.
• Subjects: Psychoanalysis and literature.; Psychoanalysis and culture.; PSYCHOLOGY / Reference; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118610213 (Adobe PDF); 1118610210 (Adobe PDF); 9781118610220 (ePub); 1118610229 (ePub); 9781118610169 (electronic bk.); 1118610164 (electronic bk.); 140518860X; 9781405188609
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118610169

This concise companion explores the history of psychoanalytic theory and its impact on contemporary literary criticism by tracing its movement across disciplinary and cultural boundaries. Contains original essays by leading scholars, using a wide range of cultural and historical approachesDiscusses key concepts in psychoanalysis, such as the role of dreaming, psychosexuality, the unconscious, and the figure of the double, while considering questions of gender, race, asylum and international law, queer theory, time, and memorySpans the fields of psychoanalysis, literature, cultural theory, fem