Inaugural wounds
Subtitle: the shaping of desire in five nineteenth-century English narratives
By: Robert E. Lougy.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Psychoanalysis and literature -- England.; Desire in literature.
Description: "Inaugural Wounds examines the ways in which five major nineteenth-century English writers explored the trajectories and shapes of desire. The five narratives examined testify to the mysterious origins of desire. Although each of the novels tells its own story in its own way, all five share a fascination with the nature of desire itself."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-197) and index.