Freudian Mythmaking: the Case of Narcissus.

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  • Author(s): Edmundson, Mark
  • Source:
    Kenyon Review. Spring88, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p17. 21p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939; Textual criticism; Literature; Narcissism; Psychoanalysis
    • Abstract:
      Presents an examination of reactions to the text of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and a consideration of his scientific work 'On Narcissism, an Introduction' to show how it is embedded within the literary tradition. Suggestion of Ludwig Wittgenstein that Freud is a literary artist, a maker of myth, rather than a scientist; Influence of John Milton; Imaginative achievement; Contribution to literary studies.