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Freud's Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural Studies - An Introduction (Paperback, New edition)
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Freud's Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural Studies - An Introduction (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
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A genuinely accessible introduction to Freud's theory and its
application to literary and cultural studies. Few figures have had
as much influence on Western thought as Sigmund Freud. His ideas
permeate our culture to such a degree that an understanding of them
is indispensable. Yet many otherwise well-informed students in the
humanities labor under misconceptions about Freudian theory. There
are countless introductions to Freudian psychoanalysis but,
surprisingly, none that combine a genuinely accessible account of
Freud's ideas with an introduction to their use in literary and
cultural studies, as this book does. Written specifically for use
by advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses dealing
with literary and cultural criticism, it is also of interest to the
general reader. The first part of the book explains Freud's key
ideas and refutes many popular misconceptions, using examples
throughout. The assumption underlying this account is that Freud
offers not simply a model of the mind, but an analysis of the
relation between the individual and society. The second part
addresses the implications of Freudian psychoanalysis for the study
of literature and culture, again using plentiful examples. Existing
books focus either onFreudian psychoanalysis in general or on
psychoanalytic literary or cultural criticism; the latter tend to
be abstract and theoretical in nature. None of them are suitable
for readers who are interested in psychoanalysis as a tool for
literary and cultural criticism but have no firm knowledge of
Freud's ideas. Freud's Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural
Studies fills this gap. Henk de Berg is Professor of German at the
Universityof Sheffield, UK.
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