First Things: Reading the Maternal Imaginary

by Mary Jacobus

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In First Things Mary Jacobus combines close readings with theoretical concerns in an examination of the many forms taken by the mythic or phantasmic mother in literary, psychoanalytic and artistic representations.

She carefully explores the ways in which the maternal imaginary informs both unconscious processes and signifying practices at all levels. Her fierce analysis of specific texts and paintings raises questions about the the symbolic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:041590384X

ISBN13:9780415903844

Release Date:March 1996

Publisher:Routledge

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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