
Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of important tropes--without ever losing sight of the...

Deconstruction calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us are fradulent. Barbara Johnson revolutionises the method by showing that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion (Barbie dolls, Keats's urn) is central to fantasy life, and that fantasy life, however...