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The Case Of The Dream Maker: Perec, Pontalis, And Dream Writing, Aubrey Gabel May 2021

The Case Of The Dream Maker: Perec, Pontalis, And Dream Writing, Aubrey Gabel

Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature

This article considers Georges Perec’s La Boutique obscure as a literary experiment in dream writing, by putting it in dialogue with French Freudianism, notably the clinical papers of J.-B. Pontalis, Perec’s long-time psychoanalyst. Pontalis describes a patient type, the "dream maker,” who provokes an extreme case of counter-transference and requires new methods in dream therapy. Pontalis, like many of Perec’s literary critics, was suspicious of the authenticity of Perec's dream journal and denied it both therapeutic and literary status. This article reinserts La Boutique obscure into Perec’s literary program. Through a discussion of the text's formal attributes and its sociological …


Review Of The Whatifs By Emily Kilgore, Katie E. Gosman Jan 2021

Review Of The Whatifs By Emily Kilgore, Katie E. Gosman

Library Intern Book Reviews

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Review Of Violet Shrink By Christine Baldacchino, Grace Kohler Jan 2021

Review Of Violet Shrink By Christine Baldacchino, Grace Kohler

Library Intern Book Reviews

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