Double trouble the doppelg©Þnger from romanticism to postmodernism / Eran Dorfman.

Author/creator Dorfman, Eran
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020.
Descriptionix, 214 pages ; 24 cm.
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Portion of title Doppelg©Þnger from romanticism to postmodernism
SeriesLiterary criticism and cultural theory
Contents Introduction -- Chapter One: The Double That Takes My Breath Away -- Chapter Two: The Shadow's Gaze -- Chapter Three: The Double's Lesson of Love -- Chapter Four: Islands of Doubles -- Epilogue: "It's Not Me, It's You": From the Personal to the Collective Double
Abstract "The double, doppelg©Þnger, is mostly understood as a peculiar figure that emerged in nineteenth-century Romantic and gothic literature. Far from being a merely esoteric entity, however, this book argues that the double, although it mostly goes unnoticed, is a widespread phenomenon that has significant influence on our lives. It is an inherent key element of human subjectivity whose functions, forms, and effects have not yet gained the serious consideration they merit. Drawing on literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis, and combining a personal story with theoretical interventions, Double Trouble develops a novel understanding of the double and human subjectivity in the last two centuries. It begins with the singular and narcissistic double of Romanticism and gradually moves to the multiple doubles implicated by postmodernism. The double is what defies unicity and opens up the subject to multiplicity. Consequently, it gradually emerges as a bridge between the I and the Other, identity and difference, philosophy and literature, theory and praxis"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.
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LCCN 2019050180
ISBN9780367441449 (hardcover)
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