The Wolf Man's Magic Word: A Cryptonymy

by Nicolas Abraham, Maria Torok

Overview

The Wolf Man's Magic Word reopens the examination of the "Wolf Man," a Russian emigre who was Freud's patient and who wrote his own memoirs. Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok's work is at once the account of the Wolf Man's psychological inventions, a reading of his dreams and symptoms, and a critique of basic Freudian notions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816648580
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	10/01/2005
Series:	Theory and History of Literature , #37
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Nicolas Abraham (1919-1975) was a philosopher and psychoanalyst.Maria Torok (1926-1998) practiced psychoanalysis in Paris.Nicholas Rand is professor of French at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was an influential French philosopher and literary critic.

Editorial Reviews

"To this day they call him the Wolf-Man. But did anyone really know why? You will know it. What takes place here - I am talking about an event and a monument - is analogous to an archeological dig. A monumental text is exposed to an interpretation whose daring and effectiveness vie with each other."-Jacques Derrida

"This book succeeds because of its very specific lexical interpretations coupled with a demonstration of how a genuine link between psychoanalysis and literary analysis can be established."-Paul de Man

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