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The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida and Psychoanalytic Reading

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The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida and Psychoanalytic Reading - Muller, John P (Editor), and Richardson, William J (Editor)
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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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The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida and Psychoanalytic Reading 1988, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

ISBN-13: 9780801832932

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The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida, and Psychoanalytic Reading 1987, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

ISBN-13: 9780801832925

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