The Semantics of Desire: Changing Models of Identity from Dickens to Joyce (Princeton Legacy Library)

Weinstein, Philip M.

ISBN 10: 069161251X / ISBN 13: 9780691612515

Editore: Princeton University Press, 2014

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• Titolo: The Semantics of Desire: Changing Models of Identity from Dickens to Joyce (Princeton Legacy Library)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 069161251X
• ISBN 13: 9780691612515
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

This work examines the dialectic of desire and value, as it affects the protagonist's identity, in fiction from Dickens and George Eliot through Hardy and Conrad to Lawrence and Joyce. Philip Weinstein describes the growing sexualization of the imagined body--the transformation of the protagonistic self from a figure defined by semantics, signification, and cultural value to one characterized by desire, force, and natural impulse. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

L'autore

Philip M. Weinstein is Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English at Swarthmore College.