M. O'Connell

John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions (eBook, PDF)

The Spectral Self

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In reading Banville's novels through the work of key psychoanalytical theorists, John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions brings together apparently disparate thematic strands - missing twins, shame, false identities - and presents these as manifestations of a central concern with narcissism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 233
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137365248
• Artikelnr.: 40722504

Autorenporträt

Mark O'Connell teaches contemporary British and Irish fiction in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, where he recently completed an IRCHSS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. He has published essays on twentieth- and twenty-first century fiction in Studies in the Novel, Critique, Orbis Litterarum, Irish Studies Review and Irish University Review. He is a staff writer for The Millions.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Banville's Narcissists 3. Missing Twins 4. The False Self 5. Shame 6. Narrative Narcissism 7. The Paradox of Empathy 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index