On Not Being Able To Sleep: Psychoanalysis and the Modern World

257 Pages·2004·16.78 MB·English

by  Jacqueline Rose

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Contents
Preface 1X
Introducti'oSnh:a me'
I:W ritingF orT heiLri ves
'Fakiintug pw itthh etr uthA'n:n eS exton 17
'Undondeefil,e d,d efaceCdh'r:i sriRnoass etti 15
'GoG,i rlA!d'r:i enRniec ha ndN atalAinegi er 34
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'Thiissn ota biography' 49
BirthdLaeyt ters 63
TheJ ournals 68
VirgiWnoioal afn d tDeathh e ofM odernism 72
BizarreO bjectHsal:l ucinaantidoM no dernism - MaryB utts
andEliz abeth Bowen 89
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Dreams 105
Freuidn t heT ropics 115
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What MakaensA nalyst? 167
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TheC ulto fC elebrity 101
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Preface
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