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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... principle ' . The deathliness of repetition reveals itself at last . It might be tempting to try to capture Freud's ... Pleasure's sta- tion is not as a partner - in - identity - and - difference for the death instincts , but as its servant .
... principle ' . The deathliness of repetition reveals itself at last . It might be tempting to try to capture Freud's ... Pleasure's sta- tion is not as a partner - in - identity - and - difference for the death instincts , but as its servant .
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... pleasure principle ( and the real- ity principle ) in a system which postpones pleasure in order to reclaim it later , thereby achieving an overall balance , now that system has a bug in it which impedes its ( economic ) closure , and ...
... pleasure principle ( and the real- ity principle ) in a system which postpones pleasure in order to reclaim it later , thereby achieving an overall balance , now that system has a bug in it which impedes its ( economic ) closure , and ...
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The Place of the Literary in Contemporary Theory Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell. sent - pleasure - to - be - deferred an absolute loss in principle . The ( present ) pleasure may indeed be recouped later but only after exiting the system ...
The Place of the Literary in Contemporary Theory Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell. sent - pleasure - to - be - deferred an absolute loss in principle . The ( present ) pleasure may indeed be recouped later but only after exiting the system ...
Contents
Introduction Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell | 1 |
difference as definition Charles Altieri | 19 |
questions of literature David Carroll | 66 |
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