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To awake, Shakespeare of the night

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posted on 2023-06-08, 20:29 authored by Nicholas Royle
Royle's text considers the importance of psychoanalysis in the writings of Cixous and Derrida, in particular in terms of Cixous's description of Freud as ‘the Shakespeare of the Night’. An exploration of what Derrida terms ‘thinking analysis’ in Cixous's writing is pursued via readings of Freud and Popper-Lynkeus, Derrida's ‘To Speculate?—?on Freud’, and telepathic or magical thinking in Shakespeare. It concludes with A Midsummer Night's Dream and with what Royle considers perhaps the most beautiful ‘because’ in Shakespeare.

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  • Published

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ISSN

0264-8334

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Edinburgh University Press

Issue

2

Volume

36

Page range

223-239

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  • English Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-04-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-04-01

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