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The Purloined Poe : Lacan, Derrida, and Psychoanalytic Reading
The Purloined Poe Lacan Derrida and Psychoanalytic Reading Author:John P. Muller, William J. Richardson Jacques Lacan's seminar on "The Purloined Letter" at once challenged literary theorists and revealed a radically new conception of psychoanalysis. His far-reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn has spawned further responses from Barbara Johnson, Jane Gallop, Irene Harvey, Nor... more »man Holland, and others.« less