The Mutilating God : Authorship and Authority in the Narrative of Conversion
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Hardback
ISBN-10
0870238914
ISBN-13
9780870238918
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University of Massachusetts Press
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University of Massachusetts Press
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US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 30th, 1993
Print length
224 Pages
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Literary theoryLiterary studies: generalCultural studies
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Presents a genealogy of the uses of conversion narratives in linking individual identity to various forms of social authority. Drawing on theories of Freud and Lacan, Peters traces the evolution of the conversion narrative from primitive initiation rituals to poetic uses in modern literature.
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