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

Abstract

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.
2013
Inglese
Donatella Izzo, Anna De Biasio, Anna Despotopoulou
Donatella Izzo, Anna De Biasio, Anna Despotopoulou
Transforming Henry James
145
162
18
1443846147
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
REGNO UNITO DI GRAN BRETAGNA
Esperti anonimi
Henry James, press, newspapers, Zizek, Lacan, reality, psychoanalysis
double blind peer review
Internazionale
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Fusco, Maria Giovanna
2 Contributo in Volume::2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
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