LEADER 03856nam 22006975 450 001 9910213824103321 005 20250322110040.0 010 $a9780814707517 010 $a0814707513 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814707517 035 $a(CKB)2670000000167715 035 $a(EBL)865315 035 $a(OCoLC)782877896 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000638924 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11437985 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638924 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10598916 035 $a(PQKB)11414743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865315 035 $a(OCoLC)794701109 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10946 035 $a(DE-B1597)547450 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814707517 035 $a(ODN)ODN0004022016 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000167715 100 $a20200623h19941994 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNarcissism and the Literary Libido $eRhetoric, Text, and Subjectivity /$fMarshall W. Alcorn Jr 210 1$aNew York, NY : $cNew York University Press, $d[1994] 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 225 1 $aLiterature and psychoanalysis ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8147-0614-2 311 08$a0-8147-0665-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Political Ties and Libidinal Ruptures: Narcissism as the Origin and End of Textual Production -- $t2. Self-Structure as a Rhetorical Device: Modern Ethos and the Divisiveness of the Self -- $t3. Projection and the Resistance of the Signifier: A Reader-Response Theory of Textual Presence -- $t4. Character, Plot, and Imagery: Mechanisms That Shift Narcissistic Investments -- $t5. The Narcissism of Creation and Interpretation: Agon at the Heart of Darkness -- $t6. Language and the Substance of the Self: A Lacanian Perspective -- $t7. Conclusion: What Do We Do with Rhetorical Criticism? -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aWhat is it that makes language powerful? This book uses the psychoanalytic concepts of narcissism and libidinal investment to explain how rhetoric compels us and how it can effect change. The works of Joseph Conrad, James Baldwin, Michael Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Arthur Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Ben Jonson, George Orwell, and others are the basis of this thoughtful exploration of the relationship between language and subject. Bringing together ideas from Freudian, post- Freudian, Lacanian, and post-structuralist schools, Alcorn investigates the power of the text that underlies the reader response approach to literature in a strikingly new way. He shows how the production of literary texts begins and ends with narcissistic self-love, and also shows how the reader's interest in these texts is directed by libidinal investment.Psychoanalysts, psychologists, and lovers of literature will enjoy Alcorn's diverse and far-reaching insights into classic and contemporary writers and thinkers. 410 0$aLiterature and psychoanalysis ;$v4. 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric) 606 $aSubjectivity in literature 606 $aNarcissism in literature 606 $aPsychoanalysis and literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric) 615 0$aSubjectivity in literature. 615 0$aNarcissism in literature. 615 0$aPsychoanalysis and literature. 676 $a801/.92 700 $aJr$b Marshall W. Alcorn, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01234251 702 $aBerman$b Jeffrey, 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213824103321 996 $aNarcissism and the Literary Libido$92866991 997 $aUNINA