Narcissism and the Literary Libido: Rhetoric, Text, and Subjectivity Hardcover - 1994 - 1st Edition
by Marshall W. Alcorn Jr
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What is it that makes language powerful? This book uses the psychoanalytic concepts of narcissism and libidinal investment to explain how rhetoric compels us and how it can effect change. Synthesizing the ideas of theorists as diverse as Aristotle and Althusser, Kohut and Derrida, Alcorn explores the relationships between language and subjectivity. The works of Joseph Conrad, James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Arthur Miller, D. H. Lawrence, Ben Jonson, George Orwell, and others are the basis of this thoughtful analysis of the rhetorical resources of literary language. Using Freudian, post-Freudian, and Lacanian theory, Alcorn Investigates the power by means of which literary texts are able to fashion new and distinctly rhetorical experiences for readers. He shows how the production of literary texts begins and ends with narcissistic self-love, and also shows how the reader's interest in these texts is directed by libidinal investment. Psychoanalysts, psychologists, and lovers of literature will enjoy Alcorn's diverse and far-reaching insights into classic and contemporary writers and thinkers.
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- Title Narcissism and the Literary Libido: Rhetoric, Text, and Subjectivity
- Author Marshall W. Alcorn Jr
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New York University Press, New York
- Date 1994-07-01
- ISBN 9780814706145 / 0814706142
- Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.75 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Psychoanalysis and literature, Narration (Rhetoric)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93025793
- Dewey Decimal Code 801.92
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