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Haunted Subjects : Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis and the Return of the Dead /

Why do the dead return? Do they remain part of the world of the living? This book examines these questions as they emerge in areas as diverse as film, Holocaust testimony, and the works of Jacques Derrida, Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok. The book suggests it may be as difficult for the living to ge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Colin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.
History of Philosophy.
Literary Theory.
Psychoanalysis.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Why do the dead return? Do they remain part of the world of the living? This book examines these questions as they emerge in areas as diverse as film, Holocaust testimony, and the works of Jacques Derrida, Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok. The book suggests it may be as difficult for the living to get rid of the dead as it is to live without them.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 181 pages)
ISBN:9780230627413
DOI:10.1057/9780230627413