The Purloined Poe
The Purloined Poe
Lacan, Derrida, and Psychoanalytic Reading
Inhalt
In 1956 Jacques Lacan proposed an interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's "Purloined Letter" that at once challenged literary theorists and revealed a radical new concept of psychoanalysis. Lacan's far reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn spawned further responses from other writers. "The Purloined Poe" brings Poe's story together with these readings to provide a structured exercise in the elaboration of text interpretation.
Bibliografische Angaben
November 1987, Englisch
University Presses
978-0-8018-3293-2