Unconscious

The topic of 'the unconscious' has figured largely in Literary Studies for some time. Antony Easthope approaches this controversial subject not in terms of the body but as meanings. Using the writings of Freud and Lacan The Unconscious offers chapters on: * the existence of the unconscious * the unconscious and the subject * the unconscious and the text * the unconscious and history Lucid and accessible this book shows the existence of the unconscious in a stunning variety of examples -- from jokes and rugby songs to Hitchcock's Psycho and the life and death of Princess Diana.Easthope, Antony is the author of 'Unconscious', published 1999 under ISBN 9780415192088 and ISBN 0415192080.