Sigmund Freud

The work of Sigmund Freud has penetrated almost every area of literary theory and cultural studies, as well as contemporary culture. Pamela Thurschwell explains and contextualises psychoanalytic theory and its meaning for modern thinking. This updated second edition explores developments and responses to Freud’s work, including:

• tracing contexts and developments of Freud’s work over the course of his career
• exploring paradoxes and contradictions in his writing
• focusing on psychoanalysi...