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The Wolf Man's Magic Word: A Cryptonymy (Theory and History of Literature) (edition 2005)

by Nicolas Abraham

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An innovative literary analysis of Freud's "Wolf Man." "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.… (more)
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Title:The Wolf Man's Magic Word: A Cryptonymy (Theory and History of Literature)
Authors:Nicolas Abraham
Info:Univ Of Minnesota Press (2005), Edition: 1, Paperback, 208 pages
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Tags:Language, literature, words, cryptonymy, narrative, Freud, deconstructionism, mythology, wolf, Parrhasius, Leif, Seamus

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Simultaneously intriguing and exasperating (the latter in the best of ways); I'm going to have to write a full-blown essay on this one to figure out my feelings here.
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An innovative literary analysis of Freud's "Wolf Man." "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.

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