The views of Freud, Proust and Lacan are depicted through this staging of a series of provocative dialogues between psychological science and imaginative literature of the twentieth century. --- from the publisher Table of Contents: List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on texts and translations; Introduction; 1. Freud's dreams of knowledge; 2. Proust, jealousy, knowledge; 3. Freud and Proust; 4. Lacan; 5. Lacan and literature; Epilogue; Notes; Index. |