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And the dead return: Klein and the Uncanny in Schnitzler's "Flowers" and "Dream Story"

David, Nicolette (2020) And the dead return: Klein and the Uncanny in Schnitzler's "Flowers" and "Dream Story". PsyArt 24 , pp. 51-84. ISSN 2123-4434.

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Abstract

This article proposes a Kleinian re-working of Freud’s “The Uncanny” through an exploration of Arthur Schnitzler’s “Flowers” and Dream Story, works in which female figures appear to return from the dead to persecute the living. It argues that these women may be seen to be animated by Melanie Klein’s insights into infantile aggression. Starting with a discussion of Freud’s essay “The Uncanny” and the recent critical response to it, the article then explores in depth the significance of the persecutory women in the two stories. In both, these “uncanny” female bodies are experienced as coming to life in order to launch a deadly attack. The article concludes that the “Kleinian Uncanny” is a powerful critical tool for the analysis of Schnitzler’s texts.

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Item Type: Article
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
Depositing User: Nicolette David
Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2020 09:39
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2025 05:03
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/30631

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