From Medusa's Gaze to the Myth of Narcissus: Textual Jouissance and Theoretical Hubris.
- Resource Type
- Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Margaroni, Maria
- Source
- European Journal of English Studies. Apr97, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p73. 13p.
- Subject
- *CRITICISM
*NARCISSISM in literature
*NARCISSISM
*PSYCHOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1382-5577
Discusses the narcissism in literary theory and criticism. Theory of narcissism in psychology; Erotic relationship between text and commentary and the text's superiority over criticism; Arrogance and narcissism in critical practice in the past thirty years from 1997; Effects of this behavior by critics on criticism and the text.