The Uncanny (Paperback)

This is the first book-length study of the uncanny, an important topic for contemporary thinking on literature, film, philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and queer history. Much of this importance can be traced back to Freud's extraordinary essay of 1919, 'The Uncanny' (Das Unheimliche). As a ghostly feeling and concept, however, the uncanny has a complex history going back to at least the Enlightenment. Royle offers a detailed account of the emergence of the uncanny, together with a series of close readings of different aspects of the topic. Following a major introductory historical and critical overview, there are chapters on literature, teaching, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, film, the death drive, deja vu, silence, solitude and darkness, the fear of being buried alive, the double, ghosts, cannibalism, telepathy, madness and religion. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Nicholas Royle
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-5561-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > General
LSN:	0-7190-5561-X
Barcode:	9780719055614

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