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- catalog abstract "What is it that makes language powerful? This book uses the psychoanalytic concepts of narcissism and libidinal investment to explain how rhetoric compels us and how it can effect change. Synthesizing the ideas of theorists as diverse as Aristotle and Althusser, Kohut and Derrida, Alcorn explores the relationships between language and subjectivity. The works of Joseph Conrad, James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Arthur Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Ben Jonson, George Orwell, and others are the basis of this thoughtful analysis of the rhetorical resources of literary language. Using Freudian, post-Freudian, and Lacanian theory, Alcorn Investigates the power by means of which literary texts are able to fashion new and distinctly rhetorical experiences for readers. He shows how the production of literary texts begins and ends with narcissistic self-love, and also shows how the reader's interest in these texts is directed by libidinal investment. Psychoanalysts, psychologists, and lovers of literature will enjoy Alcorn's diverse and far-reaching insights into classic and contemporary writers and thinkers.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b4876362.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Jeffrey Berman -- 1. Political Ties and Libidinal Ruptures: Narcissism as the Origin and End of Textual Production -- 2. Self-Structure as a Rhetorical Device: Modern Ethos and the Divisiveness of the Self -- 3. Projection and the Resistance of the Signifier: A Reader-Response Theory of Textual Presence -- 4. Character, Plot, and Imagery: Mechanisms That Shift Narcissistic Investments -- 5. The Narcissism of Creation and Interpretation: Agon at the Heart of Darkness -- 6. Language and the Substance of the Self: A Lacanian Perspective -- 7. Conclusion: What Do We Do with Rhetorical Criticism?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Psychoanalysts, psychologists, and lovers of literature will enjoy Alcorn's diverse and far-reaching insights into classic and contemporary writers and thinkers.".
- catalog description "What is it that makes language powerful? This book uses the psychoanalytic concepts of narcissism and libidinal investment to explain how rhetoric compels us and how it can effect change. Synthesizing the ideas of theorists as diverse as Aristotle and Althusser, Kohut and Derrida, Alcorn explores the relationships between language and subjectivity. The works of Joseph Conrad, James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Arthur Miller, D.H. Lawrence, Ben Jonson, George Orwell, and others are the basis of this thoughtful analysis of the rhetorical resources of literary language. Using Freudian, post-Freudian, and Lacanian theory, Alcorn Investigates the power by means of which literary texts are able to fashion new and distinctly rhetorical experiences for readers. He shows how the production of literary texts begins and ends with narcissistic self-love, and also shows how the reader's interest in these texts is directed by libidinal investment.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 243 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0814706142 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog isPartOf "Literature and psychoanalysis ; 4".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog subject "801/.92 20".
- catalog subject "Narcissism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Narration (Rhetoric)".
- catalog subject "PN56.P92 A46 1994".
- catalog subject "Psychoanalysis and literature.".
- catalog subject "Subjectivity in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Jeffrey Berman -- 1. Political Ties and Libidinal Ruptures: Narcissism as the Origin and End of Textual Production -- 2. Self-Structure as a Rhetorical Device: Modern Ethos and the Divisiveness of the Self -- 3. Projection and the Resistance of the Signifier: A Reader-Response Theory of Textual Presence -- 4. Character, Plot, and Imagery: Mechanisms That Shift Narcissistic Investments -- 5. The Narcissism of Creation and Interpretation: Agon at the Heart of Darkness -- 6. Language and the Substance of the Self: A Lacanian Perspective -- 7. Conclusion: What Do We Do with Rhetorical Criticism?".
- catalog title "Narcissism and the literary libido : rhetoric, text, and subjectivity / Marshall W. Alcorn, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".