Freud's Rome: Psychoanalysis and Latin Poetry

(Part of the Roman Literature and its Contexts Series)

by Ellen Oliensis

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This book is a meditation on the role of psychoanalysis within Latin literary studies. Neither a sceptic nor a true believer, Oliensis adopts a pragmatic approach to her subject, emphasizing what psychoanalytic theory has to contribute to interpretation. Drawing especially on Freud's work on dreams and slips, she spotlights textual phenomena that cannot be securely anchored in any intention or psyche but that nevertheless, or for that very reason,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521609100

ISBN13:9780521609104

Release Date:November 2009

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.1" x 7.7"

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History Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Psychology

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