The Uncanny

by Nicholas Royle and Nicholas Royle

Book Overview

This is the first book-length study of the uncanny, an important topic for contemporary thinking on literature, film, philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and queer history. Much of this importance can be traced back to Freud's extraordinary essay of 1919, 'The Uncanny' (Das Unheimliche).

As a ghostly feeling and concept, however, the uncanny has a complex history going back to at least the Enlightenment. Royle offers a detailed account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071905561X
• ISBN13: 9780719055614
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"