Aberrations of Mourning

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Aberrations of Mourning Other Books by Laurence A. Rickels Published by the University of Minnesota Press Acting Out in Groups The Case of California The Devil Notebooks I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick Nazi Psychoanalysis I. Only Psychoanalysis Won the War II. Crypto-Fetishism III. Psy Fi Ulrike Ottinger: The Autobiography of Art Cinema The Vampire Lectures Laurence A. Rickels UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS MINNEAPOLIS LONDON Aberrations of mourning The writing of this book was sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance provided for the publication of the paperback edition of this book from the University of California, Santa Barbara Freshman Seminars program and the Foundation for International Art Criticism, Los Angeles. Originally published as Aberrations of Mourning: Writing on German Crypts (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988). Copyright 2011 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rickels, Laurence A. Aberrations of mourning / Laurence A. Rickels. — [Newed.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-7595-1 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1. German literature—Historyand criticism. 2. Authorship—Psychologicalaspects. 3. Psychoanalysis and literature—Germany. 4. Death in literature. 5. Authors, German—Psychology. I. Title. PT129.R472011 830.9353-dc22 2011013910 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...