The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida, and Psychoanalytic Reading
Jacques Lacan's seminar on "The Purloined Letter" at once challenged literary theorists and revealed a radically new conception of psychoanalysis. His far-reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn has spawned further responses...
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Jacques Lacan's seminar on "The Purloined Letter" at once challenged literary theorists and revealed a radically new conception of psychoanalysis. His far-reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn has spawned further responses from Barbara Johnson, Jane Gallop, Irene Harvey, Norman Holland, and others.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780801832932 (0801832934)
Publish date: December 1st 1987
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages no: 408
Edition language: English
Haven't read all of it, as I only had Lacan's and Shoshana's text on my curriculum, but I certainly plan on reading the whole book sometime during a vacation. Lacan's essay was really difficult, but interesting, and Felman's was downright wonderful. They have made me appreciate psychoanalysis again ...