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by John P. Muller (Editor); William J. Richardson (Editor)

In 1956 Jacques Lacan proposed an interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's "Purloined Letter" that at once challenged literary theorists and revealed a radical new concept of psychoanalysis. Lacan's far reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn spawned further responses from other writers. "The Purloined Poe" brings Poe's story together with these readings to provide a structured exercise in the elaboration of text interpretation.


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In 1956 Jacques Lacan proposed as interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's "Purloined Letter" that at once challenged literary theorists and revealed a radically new conception of psychoanalysis. Lacan's far-reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn has spawned further responses from Barbara Johnson, Jane Gallop, Irene Harvey, Norman Holland, and others. The Purloined Poe brings Poe's story together with these readings to provide, in the words of the editors, "a structured exercuse in the elaboration of textual interpretation.

The Purloined Poe reprints the full text of Poe's story, followed by Lacan's "Seminar on 'The Purloined Letter, '" along with extensive commentary by the editors. Marie Bonaparte's and Shoshana Felman's discussions of traditional and contemporary approaches to "psychoanalysing" texts precede Alan Bass's new translation of Derrida's "Purveyor of Truth." The subsequent essays join the Lacan-Derrida debate and offer alternative readings by literary theorists, philosophers, psychologists, and psychoanalysts. The Purloined Poe convenes much of the most important current scholarship on "The Purloined Letter" and presents a rich sampling of poststructuralist discourse.

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  • Title The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida and Psychoanalytic Reading
  • Author John P. Muller (Editor); William J. Richardson (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 408
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
  • Date 1987-10-01
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801832932 / 0801832934
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 6.22 x 1.04 in (23.06 x 15.80 x 2.64 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Lacan, Jacques, Psychology in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 8702760
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.3

About the author

John P. Muller is a clinical psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. William J. Richardson is professor of philosophy at Boston College. They are coauthors of Lacan and Language: A Reader's Guide to Ecrits.

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