Desiring the Dead - Necrophilia and Nineteenth-century French Literature (Paperback)

In the 19th century, literature shared with the medical and psychological sciences a strategy of examining the most extreme manifestations of human desire. While fetishism, sadism and masochism still resonate as concepts with critical currency, necrophilia has received little attention. In this groundbreaking study, Lisa Downing rescues necrophilia from the margins of sexual desire, relocating it as a symptom and a pervasive fantasy of modern subjectivity. Drawing case material from the 19th century French canon, the author brings works by Baudelaire and Rachilde into dialogue with foundational European texts of sexology and Psychoanalysis. She reads against the grain of traditional Freudian theories of sexuality, the conventions of 19th century literary scholarship, and feminist critiques of the 'masculine' morbid aesthetic in order to bring to light a model of desire whose problematic nature afflicts existing discourses about sexuality and gender in 19th century France and beyond.

General

Imprint:	Legenda
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2002
First published:	2003
Authors:	Prof. Lisa Downing
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	156
ISBN-13:	978-1-900755-65-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
LSN:	1-900755-65-3
Barcode:	9781900755658

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!