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 | | The Purloined Poe: Lacan, Derrida, and Psychoanalytic Reading by John P. Muller (Editor), William J. Richardson (Editor) ISBN-10: 9780801832932 ISBN-10: 0-8018-3293-4 ISBN-13: 9780801832932 ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-3293-2 Paperback 1987-12-01 The Johns Hopkins University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 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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That dingbat! No, I don't think that person filed the wrong review; they're from Miami, Florida, that pretty much explains it | ||
Rsponse to the above review Although I have not finished the book yet, I needed to respond to the other reviewer who wrote that this is not a good mystery. You dingbat! This is a work in philosophy and psychology, not fiction! If you don't even have the slightest clue regarding a text, do not review it! | ||
This book had potential but I was not interested in it. I repeat I am not a big fan of mystery novels but this one was not mysterious at all. Edgar Allen Poe left out the suspenseful feeling that every mystery should contain. | ||