Psychoanalysis and storytelling

• Main Author: Brooks, Peter 1938- (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Mass., USA Blackwell, 1994; Oxford, UK
• Subjects: Psychoanalysis and literature; Criticism
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• Physical Description: viii, 144 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780631190080 (pbk.); 0631190082 (pbk.)

Psychoanalysis and Narrative is a clear and exemplary demonstration of the ways in which the vital connections between psychoanalysis and literature can be articulated without reductive simplification. Following Freuda s assumption that sexuality and narrative form are analogous, Brooks proposes that literature constitutes a fundamental part of human existence. He supplements the terminology of narrative theory with the rich and suggestive language of psychoanalysis.