A Concise Companion to Psychoanalysis, Literature, and Cultur... - 9781405188609

A Concise Companion to Psychoanalysis, Literature, and CultureAuthor(s): Laura Marcus, Ankhi Mukherjee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405188609, 978-1405188609\nSynopsis\nThis concise companion explores the history of psychoanalytic theory and its impact on contemporary literary criticism by tracing its movement across disciplinary and cultural boundaries.\n\nContains original essays by leading scholars, using a wide range of cultural and historical approaches\nDiscusses 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 memory\nSpans the fields of psychoanalysis, literature, cultural theory, feminist and gender studies, translation studies, and film.\nProvides a timely and pertinent assessment of current psychoanalytic methods while an