Psychoanalytic Readings Of Hawthornes Romances

Author : David B. Diamond
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000408779
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychoanalytic Readings of Hawthorne’s Romances written by David B. Diamond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering innovative, psychoanalytic readings of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s mature novels, this volume expertly applies Freudian theory to present new insights into the psychology of Hawthorne’s characters and their fates. By critically examining scenes in which protagonists confront past traumas, Diamond underscores the transformative potential which Hawthorne attributes to confrontations with the unconscious. Psychoanalytic narrative technique is used to illuminate psychological crises of the protagonists in The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun, showing the transformations they undergo to be central to our understanding of the trajectory and resolution of Hawthorne’s romances. The text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in applied psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic technique, and Freud in particular. Since its conclusions challenge many currently held critical views, this volume is especially relevant to those interested in interdisciplinary literary studies, Hawthorne studies, 19th century literature and romanticism.

Author : David B. Diamond
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000408795
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychoanalytic Readings of Hawthorne’s Romances written by David B. Diamond and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering innovative, psychoanalytic readings of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s four romances, this volume systematically applies Freudian theory to present significant new insights into the psychology of Hawthorne’s characters and their fates. By critically examining scenes in which the protagonists confront past traumas, Diamond underscores the transformative potential which Hawthorne attributes to encounters with the unconscious. Psychoanalytic narrative technique is employed to interpret the psychogical crises, all hidden by Hawthorne in narrative gaps, in The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, and The Marble Faun. The protagonists' transformations that are illuminated are crucial to an understanding of the trajectory and resolution of the romances. The text will benefit both academic and non-academic readers who seek a deeper understanding of the psychology of Hawthorne's romances. It will be of particular interest to educators and researchers of applied psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic technique. Since its conclusions challenge many currently held critical views, this volume is especially relevant to scholars of Hawthorne studies, interdisciplinary literary studies, and 19th century American literature.

Author : Frederick Crews
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520068179
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sins of the Fathers written by Frederick Crews and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frederick Crews's The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne's Psychological Themes has become a classic in the field of Hawthorne studies and can be considered one of the most intelligent psychoanalytic readings of a major American writer."—Joel Porte, Cornell University "The best book we have on Hawthorne, bar none."—Giles Gunn, University of California, Santa Barbara

Author : David Greven
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813951038
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All the Devils Are Here written by David Greven and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2024-04-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English literary influence on classic American novelists’ depictions of gender, sexuality, and race With All the Devils Are Here, the literary scholar David Greven makes a signal contribution to the growing list of studies dedicated to tracing threads of literary influence. Herman Melville’s, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, and James Fenimore Cooper’s uses of Shakespeare and Milton, he finds, reflect not just an intertextual relationship between American Romanticism and the English tradition but also an ongoing engagement with gender and sexual politics. Greven limns the effect of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing on Hawthorne’s exploration of patriarchy, and he shows how misogyny in King Lear informed Melville’s evocation of “the step-mother world” of orphaned men in Moby-Dick. Throughout, Greven focuses particularly on male authors’ treatment of femininity, arguing that the figure of woman functions for them as a multivalent signifier for artistic expression. Ultimately, Greven demonstrates the ambitions of these writers to comment on the history of the Western tradition and the future of art from their unique positions as Americans.

Author : Frederick C. Crews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520068346
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sins of the Fathers written by Frederick C. Crews and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frederick Crews's "The Sins of the Fathers: Hawthorne's Psychological Themes" has become a classic in the field of Hawthorne studies and can be considered one of the most intelligent psychoanalytic readings of a major American writer."--Joel Porte, Cornell University "The best book we have on Hawthorne, bar none."--Giles Gunn, University of California, Santa Barbara

Author : James M. Mellard
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252061738
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Using Lacan, Reading Fiction written by James M. Mellard and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Hawkins-Dady
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135314179
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reader's Guide to Literature in English written by Mark Hawkins-Dady and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.

Author : David B. Kesterson
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Essays on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter written by David B. Kesterson and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a collection of reviews and critical essays on The scarlet letter.

Author : Brian R. Harding
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nathaniel Hawthorne: Critical Assessments written by Brian R. Harding and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian R. Harding
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nathaniel Hawthorne: The critical response, assessments of individual works since 1900 written by Brian R. Harding and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: