Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture

by Catherine Belsey

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In the light of poststructuralist theory, and with reference to the work of Lacan and Derrida in particular, Catherine Belsey argues that fiction - including poetry, drama and film - is paradoxically the most serious location of writing about desire in Western cultura. Beginning with the celebration of true love in contemporary popular romance, and the reluctant scepticism of postmodern novels, she goes on to explore past representation of passion...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0631168141

ISBN13:9780631168140

Release Date:December 1994

Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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