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Family Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Narrative
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Family Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Narrative
Contributors:
By (Author) Esther Rashkin
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Sociology: family and relationships
Dewey:
809.39353
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
222
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
369g
Description
Family Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Narrative is the first book to explore the implications of the psychoanalytic theory of the phantom for the study of narrative literature. A phantom is formed when a shameful, unspeakable secret is unwittingly transmitted, through cryptic language and behavior, transgenerationally from one family member to a
