The Question of Literature: The Place of the Literary in Contemporary TheoryElizabeth Beaumont Bissell Brings together essays by a number of distinguished theorists and academics on the changing cultural significance of literature. |
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... death - drive ' and ' [ t ] he instinct of self - preservation ' are taken to be adversaries . No doubt this agrees with common sense , but in Freud the pair are not only not hostile , they are intrinsically at one . The Freudian death ...
... death - drive ' and ' [ t ] he instinct of self - preservation ' are taken to be adversaries . No doubt this agrees with common sense , but in Freud the pair are not only not hostile , they are intrinsically at one . The Freudian death ...
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... death instinct , and as the entirely other relationship that apparently interrupts every economy ? 27 - - As far as Freudian psychology goes , Derrida's construction of the ' eco- nomic detour ' calls for no objection . But it appears ...
... death instinct , and as the entirely other relationship that apparently interrupts every economy ? 27 - - As far as Freudian psychology goes , Derrida's construction of the ' eco- nomic detour ' calls for no objection . But it appears ...
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... death . " 30 The more vulnerable language becomes to ' the intrusion of ... drive . 31 Promising though these suggestions are , we should withhold full ... death instincts ) makes Bersani's design look like another form of automatic ...
... death . " 30 The more vulnerable language becomes to ' the intrusion of ... drive . 31 Promising though these suggestions are , we should withhold full ... death instincts ) makes Bersani's design look like another form of automatic ...
Contents
Introduction Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell | 1 |
difference as definition Charles Altieri | 19 |
questions of literature David Carroll | 66 |
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