The difference between the face value of a bond and its selling price when the bond sells for more than face value. Bonds that give the issuer the right to call and retire the bonds prior to maturity. The face amount of a bond minus any unamortized discount, or plus any unamortized premium.
psychoanalytical criticism. an approach to criticism or a critical technique that applies the principles, theories and practices of psychoanalysis to literature, both in the analysis of the work and of the author.See also Freudianism.n approach to criticism or a critical technique that applies the principles, theories and practices of psychoanalysis to literature, both in the analysis of the work and of the author. See also Freudianism.
Psychological and Psychoanalytic Criticism. Deals with literature as an expression, in fictional form, of the personality, state of mind, feelings, and desires of its author/main character(s). 1. Reference to the author's personality is used to explain and interpret a literary work. 2.