Lacan and Narration: The Psychoanalytic Difference in Narrative Theory

Bys: Robert Con Davis, Jerry Aline Flieger, Jeffrey Mehlman

Book Overview

Nine distinguished scholars assess the influence of Jacques Lacan on literary theory. From various perspectives, they pursue the implications for narrative theory of Lacanian reading and attempt to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801824141
• ISBN13: 9780801824142
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.6" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Finally

Finally, a readable book with some CLEAR essays on Lacan. The best were by the editor, and by Jerry Aline Flieger--on jokes as narratives! Excellent. Helps elucidate very difficult concepts.

Essential account of Lacan's influence on narrative studies

This essential account of Lacan's influence on narrative studies is not to be missed. High points include Jeffrey Mehlman's essay, and Jerry Aline Flieger's treatment of joke theory as narrative paradigm. All the essays are remarkably readable, which is refreshing for a book on Lacan.