TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Robert Rowland
TI  - Death-drive: Freudian hauntings in literature and art 
T2  - Frontiers of theory
SN  - 9780748641710
AV  - BF175.5.D4 S65 2010eb
U1  - 155.9/37 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Freud, Sigmund,
KW  - Death instinct
KW  - Death in literature
KW  - Death in art
KW  - Aesthetics
KW  - Art
KW  - Death
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Esthetics
KW  - Freudian Theory
KW  - Attitude to Death
KW  - Literature
KW  - Pulsion de mort
KW  - Mort dans la littérature
KW  - Mort dans l'art
KW  - Esthétique
KW  - Mort
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Littérature
KW  - SELF-HELP
KW  - Death, Grief, Bereavement
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Psychoanalyse
KW  - gnd
KW  - Todestrieb
KW  - Kunst
KW  - Ewigkeit
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Memento Mori -- 2. The death-drive does not think -- 3. A subject is being beaten -- 4. White over red -- 5. Literature-repeat nothing -- 6. A harmless suggestion -- 7. The rest of radioactive light -- Postscript: Approaching death
N2  - Robert Rowland Smith takes Freud's work on the death-drive and compares it with other philosophies of death - Pascal, Heidegger and Derrida in particular. He also applies it in a new way to literature and art - to Shakespeare, Rothko and Katharina Fritsch, among others. He asks whether artworks are dead or alive, if artistic creativity isn't actually a form of destruction, and whether our ability to be seduced by fine words means we don't put our selves at risk of death. In doing so, he proposes a new theory of aesthetics in which artworks and literary texts have a death-drive of their own, not least by their defining ability to turn away from all that is real, and where the effects of the death-drive mean that we are constantly living in imaginary, rhetorical or 'artistic' worlds. The book also provides a valuable introduction to the rich tradition of work on the death-drive since Freud. Key Features Includes a general introduction to the death-drive Presents an original theory of aesthetics Analyses both theoretical and clinical psychoanalysis Offers in-depth treatment of Freud Provides an overview of philosophies of death
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