Dislocations of Desire - (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu) by Alison Sinclair (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Dislocations of Desire provides the first sustained psychoanalytic reading of La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas.
- About the Author: Alison Sinclair is lecturer in Spanish at the University of Cambridge.
- 230 Pages
- Literary Criticism, European
- Series Name: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu
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Dislocations of Desire provides the first sustained psychoanalytic reading of La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas. In this unique study, Alison Sinclair focuses on the representation and articulation of desire in the novel. She argues that instead of being seduced by the fiction, what is at stake is sexual desire leading to adultery -- the characteristic fiction of the adultery novel. According to the critic, the reader must learn to look below the surface in order to see the ontological insecurities that this fiction veils and attempts to contain. In a reading that draws both on a broad spectrum of modern psychoanalytic theory and on an understanding of social, sexual, and medical norms of the period in which the novel was written, Sinclair proposes that the adultery story be understood as a coded résumé of fantasied, dislocated, repudiated, and thwarted desire.About the Author
Alison Sinclair is lecturer in Spanish at the University of Cambridge.Dimensions (Overall): 9.12 Inches (H) x 5.94 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)
Weight: .97 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 230
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: European
Series Title: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu
Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
Theme: Spanish & Portuguese
Format: Paperback
Author: Alison Sinclair
Language: English
Street Date: January 1, 1997
TCIN: 1003613395
UPC: 9780807892596
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-4742
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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