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“Double Or Phantom?: Transgenerational Haunting In Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein”, Boyd J. Petersen Aug 2005

“Double Or Phantom?: Transgenerational Haunting In Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein”, Boyd J. Petersen

Boyd J Petersen

The psychoanalitical theories of Nicholas Abraham and Maria Torok offer a new interpretive lens through which to consider Frankenstein's monster: as a psychic manifestation of trauma--both that which Victor Frankenstein has inherited from his parents and that which the text inherited from its parent, Mary Shelley.


Polka-Dotted Truth Adam Worden Collages, Scott Abbott Apr 2005

Polka-Dotted Truth Adam Worden Collages, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

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Joshua, This Is Your Story: Tribute To Joshua Uzoigwe, 1946-2005 (With Three Poems By The Deceased From Nsukka Harvest, 1972), Chukwuma Azuonye Dec 2004

Joshua, This Is Your Story: Tribute To Joshua Uzoigwe, 1946-2005 (With Three Poems By The Deceased From Nsukka Harvest, 1972), Chukwuma Azuonye

Chukwuma Azuonye

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Friendship Through Literature: Camus, Beauvoir, And Sartre, Ann Taylor Dec 2004

Friendship Through Literature: Camus, Beauvoir, And Sartre, Ann Taylor

Ann Connolly

In his book entitled, What is Literature?, Jean-Paul Sartre says of literature that, “If you name the behaviour of an individual, you reveal it to him; he sees himself. And since you are at the same time naming it to all others, he knows that he is seen at the moment he sees himself.” It seems that literature, according to Sartre, was a medium in which the writer could expose the subject to himself in a way impossible for him to see on his own-- perhaps a reflection allowing the subject to see himself as others saw him. We know …


Albert Camus And Friedrich Nietzsche: At The Crossroads Of Philosophy And Literature, Ann Taylor Dec 2004

Albert Camus And Friedrich Nietzsche: At The Crossroads Of Philosophy And Literature, Ann Taylor

Ann Connolly

Western philosophy essentially began as a dramatic form in the dialogues of Plato, but quickly was converted to a subject for study, something analyzed, systematized, and to a large extent removed from everyday experience. Indeed, most think of philosophy as a subject that has no relevance to common existence, even though it undoubtedly always begins there. Attempt at dialogue, or dramatic form of any kind, in philosophy since Plato has generally been either ignored or ineffective. However, with Friedrich Nietzsche, literary forms other than the treatise were re-introduced to Western philosophy in such a way that they no longer could …


Personifying Capitalism: Introduction, Irene Kamotsky Dec 2004

Personifying Capitalism: Introduction, Irene Kamotsky

Irene Kamotsky

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Immortal For Quite Some Time: Princeton, Scott Abbott Dec 2004

Immortal For Quite Some Time: Princeton, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

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Why "Howl"?, Scott Abbott Dec 2004

Why "Howl"?, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

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A Reasonable Dictionary, Scott Abbott Dec 2004

A Reasonable Dictionary, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

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'That Sweet And So On': Peter Handke's Yugoslavia Work, Scott Abbott Dec 2004

'That Sweet And So On': Peter Handke's Yugoslavia Work, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

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