Teckyoung Kwon Psychology Books on Freud sku-55644098

In the hardcover Nabokov's Mimicry of Freud: Art as Science, Teckyoung Kwon examines how Nabokov drew readers into his opposition to psychoanalysis. Kwon considers literary devices drawn from psychology and biology, characters who imitate Freud or Nabokov, and Jamesian ideas of time, memory and consciousness in The Defense, Despair, Lolita, Pale Fire and Ada.

The discussion of biological mimicry and memory in art covers resemblance with a difference, contingency, doubles, riddles, games, play, theatricality, transgression, metamorphosis and combinations. Kwon presents Nabokov as both poet and scientist and Freud as both scientist and poet. The book also discusses their humor and their use of art to reject forms of totality.

Listed under Psychology Books, it is recommended for scholars of psychology, literary studies, film studies and philosophy. SKU sku-55644098.