The Purloined Poe by John P Muller

The Purloined Poe by John P Muller

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His far-reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn has spawned further responses from Barbara Johnson, Jane Gallop, Irene Harvey, Norman Holland, and others.

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The Purloined Poe by John P Muller

His far-reaching claims about language and truth provoked a vigorous critique by Jacques Derrida, whose essay in turn has spawned further responses from Barbara Johnson, Jane Gallop, Irene Harvey, Norman Holland, and others.
In the story of the interpretations, reinterpretations, displacements, and replacements that have accreted around Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' this collection, The Purloined Poe, comes like an answer to a.. riddle. -- Hana Charney Psychoanalytic Books A valuable, critical text. Year's Work in English Studies A fascinating volume for both the fledgling and the besotted amateurs of contemporary criticism. Library Journal

John P. Muller is a clinical psychologist at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. William J. Richardson is professor of philosophy at Boston College. They are coauthors of Lacan and Language: A Reader's Guide to Ecrits.

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ISBN 13 9780801832932
ISBN 10 0801832934
Title The Purloined Poe
Author John P Muller
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published 1987-11-26
Number of pages 408
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