Freud's Rome: Psychoanalysis and Latin Poetry

by Ellen Oliensis

Book Overview

This book is a meditation on the role of psychoanalysis within Latin literary studies. Neither a sceptic nor a true believer, Oliensis adopts a pragmatic approach to her subject, emphasizing what psychoanalytic theory has to contribute to interpretation. Drawing especially on Freud's work on dreams and slips, she spotlights textual phenomena that cannot be securely anchored in any intention or psyche but that nevertheless, or for that very reason,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521609100
• ISBN13: 9780521609104
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.7"