{"product_id":"on-not-being-able-to-sleep-psychoanalysis-and-the-modern-world-hardcover","title":"On Not Being Able to Sleep: Psychoanalysis and the Modern World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Rose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these powerful essays, Jacqueline Rose delves into the questions that keep us awake at night, into issues of privacy and writing, exposure and shame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Do women writers--Christina Rossetti, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath--have a special talent for self-revelation? Or are they simply more vulnerable to the invasions of biography? What ethical questions are raised by Ted Hughes's role in Plath's writing life? What do Adrienne Rich and Natalie Angier reveal about the destiny of feminism? In its affinity with modernist writing, what can psychoanalysis tell us about the limits of knowledge--both about the most intimate components of experience and the most hallucinatory reaches of the mind? Have psychoanalytic writers today and the very institution of psychoanalysis remained faithful to the most potent and disturbing aspects of Freud's vision? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finally Rose addresses some of the most dramatic public performances of our times--the cult of celebrity with its contrasting obsessions with Princess Diana and the child murderer Mary Bell; and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which, in a stirring last essay, allows Rose to explore the ethical and political responsibilities of thought and speech in times of historical crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving deftly with style, force, and clarity between our public, political, and private, unconscious worlds, \u003ci\u003eOn Not Being Able to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, forges a unique set of links between feminism, psychoanalysis, literature, and politics. The result is a book well worth staying up late to read--one that exposes the uncomfortable borderland between our desire to speak out and be silent, between the stage of the world and of the mind.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jacqueline Rose has no peer among critics of her generation. The brilliance of her literary insights, the lucidity of her prose, and the subtlety of her analyses are simply breathtaking. \u003ci\u003eOn Not Being Able to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e strikes me as a rare amalgam of her thought about literary and psychoanalytic issues, accomplished with remarkable poise and unfailing interest.\"\u003cb\u003e--Edward W. Said\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an extraordinarily intelligent and engaging piece of work, extremely well written throughout and pursuing a range of timely, indeed urgent topics.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michael Wood, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned as a literary critic and writer, \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Rose\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and the author of several books, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Sylvia Plath, States of Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, and her recent novel, \u003ci\u003eAlbertine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9.54 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47406581678258,"sku":"9780691117461","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f2b955b06ff9db9ac2f7054fd7531ab6.webp?v=1778203563","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/on-not-being-able-to-sleep-psychoanalysis-and-the-modern-world-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}