02958nam 2200625 a 450 991045905400332120200520144314.01-282-87439-X97866128743901-4411-3901-X(CKB)2670000000055336(EBL)601628(OCoLC)676698394(SSID)ssj0000421670(PQKBManifestationID)11277443(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421670(PQKBWorkID)10416057(PQKB)10160682(MiAaPQ)EBC601628(Au-PeEL)EBL601628(CaPaEBR)ebr10427302(CaONFJC)MIL287439(OCoLC)893334989(EXLCZ)99267000000005533620090205d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLacan and the destiny of literature[electronic resource] desire, jouissance and the sinthome in Shakespeare, Donne, Joyce and Ashbery /Ehsan AzariLondon ;New York Continuumc20081 online resource (216 p.)Continuum literary studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-4930-9 1-84706-379-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-197) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Desire, the Lacanian Cogito; 2. Desire and Sexual Difference; 3. Beyond Desire: Love, Mystic Jouissance and The Sinthome; 4. Lacan, Literary Theory and Criticism; 5. Shakespeare's Theatre of Desire; 6. John Donne's Hymns to Love, Desire and Jouissance; 7. Joyce's Wakean Sinthome; 8. The Function of the Specular Image and the Littoral in John Ashbery's Poetry; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexIn contemporary academic literary studies, Lacan is often considered impenetrably obscure, due to the unavailability of his late works, insufficient articulation of his methodologies and sometimes stereotypical use of Lacanian concepts in literary theory. This study aims to integrate Lacan into contemporary literary study by engaging with a broad range of Lacanian theoretical concepts, often for the first time in English, and using them to analyse a range of key texts from different periods. Azari explores Lacan's theory of desire as well as his final theories of lituraterre , littoral , and tContinuum literary studies.PsychoanalysisPsychoanalysis in literatureElectronic books.Psychoanalysis.Psychoanalysis in literature.150.19/5092Azari Ehsanullah968184MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459054003321Lacan and the destiny of literature2199056UNINA