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Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art (Frontiers of Theory)
DeathDrive Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art - Frontiers of Theory
Author: Robert Rowland Smith
Robert Rowland Smith compares Freud's work on the death-drive to other philosophies of death, particularly those of Pascal, Heidegger, and Derrida, and applies it to Shakespeare, Mark Rothko, and Katharina Fritsch. Smith asks whether artistic creativity is actually a form of destruction and whether the seduction of fine words places us at risk o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780748640393
ISBN-10: 0748640398
Publication Date: 4/30/2010
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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