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... symbols , however , it is most important to remember that symbols are flexible and dynamic : they vary with the context . They do not represent a code of one - to - one corre- spondences that can be looked up in some " Freudian ...
... symbols , however , it is most important to remember that symbols are flexible and dynamic : they vary with the context . They do not represent a code of one - to - one corre- spondences that can be looked up in some " Freudian ...
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... symbols are overdetermined.17 Overdetermination in turn ( Freud's work had shown ) corresponds to condensation in ... symbol can be many things depending on its unconscious “ con- text , " the fantasy of which it is a part ; and ...
... symbols are overdetermined.17 Overdetermination in turn ( Freud's work had shown ) corresponds to condensation in ... symbol can be many things depending on its unconscious “ con- text , " the fantasy of which it is a part ; and ...
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... symbols . And sometimes , Freud is supposed to have said , " A cigar is just a cigar . " ( Freud was particularly fond of cigars . ) Usually , symbols do double duty , and fantasies overlap and inter- lock in amazingly complicated ways ...
... symbols . And sometimes , Freud is supposed to have said , " A cigar is just a cigar . " ( Freud was particularly fond of cigars . ) Usually , symbols do double duty , and fantasies overlap and inter- lock in amazingly complicated ways ...
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Literature as Transformation | 3 |
A Dictionary of Fantasy | 31 |
The Willing Suspension of Disbelief | 63 |
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