Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art

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Robert Rowland Smith takes Freud's work on the death-drive and compares it with other philosophies of death - Pascal, Heidegger and Derrida in particular. He also applies it in a new way to literature and art - to Shakespeare, Rothko and Katharina Fritsch, among others. He asks whether artworks are dead or alive, if artistic creativity isn't actually a form of destruction, and whether our ability to be seduced by fine words means we don't put our...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0748640398

ISBN13:9780748640393

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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