Patriarchal Desire and Victorian Discourse: A Lacanian Reading of Anthony Trollope's Palliser Novel

by Priscilla Walton

While there have been studies examining Trollope from a feminist perspective, very little work has taken into consideration the questions raised by contemporary critical theory. Patriarchal Desire and Victorian Discourse is unique in that it links feminist analysis with psychoanalytic theory, and brings both to bear on an examination of Trollope's writings. The feminist Lacanian analysis employed by Priscilla L. Walton offers a new perspective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487585748
• ISBN13: 9781487585747
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher