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Princeton Legacy Library: Family Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Narrative by Esther Rashkin (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Family Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Narrative is the first book to explore the implications of the psychoanalytic theory of the phantom for the study of narrative literature. A phantom is formed when a shameful, unspeakable secret is unwittingly transmitted, through cryptic language and behavior, transgenerationally from one family member to another. The "haunted" individual to whom the "encrypted" secret is communicated becomes the unwitting medium for someone else's voice--and the result is speech and conduct that appear incongruous or obsessive in a variety of ways. Through close readings of texts by Conrad, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Balzac, James, and Poe, Esther Rashkin reveals how shameful secrets, concealed within the unspoken family histories of fictive characters, can be reconstructed from their linguistic traces and can be shown not only to drive the characters' speech and behavior but also to generate their narratives. First articulated by the French psychoanalysts Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok, the theory of the phantom here represents a radical departure from Freudian, Lacanian, and other psychoanalytic approaches to literary interpretation.In Rashkin's hands, it also provides a response to structuralist and poststructuralist critiques of character analysis, an alternative to deconstructive strategies of reading, and a new vantage point from which to consider problems of intertextuality, "authorship," and the formation and origins of narrative. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691604703
ISBN-13
9780691604701
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202476269

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Author
Esther Rashkin
Publication Name
Family Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Narrative
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
222 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
13 Oz

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Series Volume Number
127
Copyright Date
1992
Topic
European / French, American / General, Rhetoric, Short Stories, Subjects & Themes / General
Dewey Decimal
809.39353
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines

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