Ricciardi, Alessia.

The ends of mourning : psychoanalysis, literature, film / Alessia Ricciardi. - Stanford, Calif. : London : Stanford University Press ; Eurospan [distributor], 2003. - 280 p. - Cultural memory in the present .

A title ordered as part of the LoveBooks campaign 2014-2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Ends of Mourning' explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the crisis of contemporary culture with respect to the problem of mourning. The book charts the emergence and development of the problem of mourning in the writings of Freud, Proust and Freud's successor Lacan.

Specialized.

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Death in literature.
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.
Death in motion pictures.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

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