Visual Pleasure andLa Vita nuova
Lacan, Mulvey, and Dante
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4364512 |
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| Authors | Robert S Sturges (Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-105 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Senses and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-8927 • E-ISSN: 1745-8935 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/174589310x12549020528257 |
| OpenAlex | W2080698519 |
| Language | IT |
| References cited | 9 |
This article examines the relevance of psychoanalytical theories of the gaze to medieval visuality, represented by Dante's text. Lacan's and Mulvey's work has attracted attention from scholars concerned with the medieval representation of vision, and Mulvey's claims about the phallic gaze may be linked to the extramissive model. However, Dante rejects extramission, and Mulvey's theories cannot account for the simultaneity of pleasure in looking and the sensation of dissolution in Dante's visual experiences. Lacan's writings suggest a theory better adapted to medieval texts: the openness to the other implied in intromission suggests Lacan's order of the Real.KEYWORDS: DantevisionpsychoanalysisMulveyLacan
Art · Gaze · Openness to experience · Phallic stage · Pleasure · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Relevance (law · Representation (politics · Simultaneity · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History of Medicine Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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