Abstract

In Freud's theory of mind anticipation seems to be most intimately related to his conception of the mechanism or automatism of repetition. In this paper we rely on both Freud's and Lacan's explanation of the clinical phenomenon of the compulsion to repeat in order to shed more light on some aspects of the life and work of E.A. Poe. More specifically, we argue that Poe's biography as well as his Tales of mystery and imagination and above all, his poetry, witness both of the repetition determined by the signifier (automaton) and of the repetition of what has not been(tuché).

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Bibliographical reference

Filip Geerardyn, Veroniek Knockaert, David Van Bunder, Ariane Bazan and Gertrudis Van de Vijver, « Repetition and Anticipation in E.A. Poe's Creative Writing », CASYS, 16 | 2004, 73-80.

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Filip Geerardyn, Veroniek Knockaert, David Van Bunder, Ariane Bazan and Gertrudis Van de Vijver, « Repetition and Anticipation in E.A. Poe's Creative Writing », CASYS [Online], 16 | 2004, Online since 01 August 2024, connection on 10 November 2024. URL : http://popups.lib.uliege.be/1373-5411/index.php?id=2335

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Filip Geerardyn

Research Unit Neuropsychoanalysis

Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting

University of Ghent, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent

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Veroniek Knockaert

Research Unit Neuropsychoanalysis

Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting

University of Ghent, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent

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David Van Bunder

Research Unit Neuropsychoanalysis

Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting

University of Ghent, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent

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Ariane Bazan

Research Unit Neuropsychoanalysis

Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting

University of Ghent, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent

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Gertrudis Van de Vijver

Research Unit Neuropsychoanalysis

Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting

University of Ghent, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent

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