The essay proposes a Lacanian-Zizekian reading of the novella "The Papers", written by Henry James at the beinning of the twentieth century. The world of the press is thus read as a gigantic psychoanalytic fantasy upon which any knowledge of reality is founded.

"Specimens indeed of human greed": The Museum of Popularity in The Papers.

Fusco, Maria Giovanna
2013-01-01

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The essay proposes a Lacanian-Zizekian reading of the novella "The Papers", written by Henry James at the beinning of the twentieth century. The world of the press is thus read as a gigantic psychoanalytic fantasy upon which any knowledge of reality is founded.
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