Inheriting the future
Subtitle: legacies of Kant, Freud, and Flaubert
By: Elizabeth Rottenberg.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Criticism and interpretation; Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation; Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation; Moral conditions in literature; Ethics in literature; European literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Description: This is an exploration of the notion of 'drive' as it passes from Kant's need of reason, to Freud's concept of hallucinatory wish fulfillment, to the relentless force of indifferentiation in Flaubert's 'Bouvard and Pécuchet'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.