Psychoanalytic Criticism

by Elizabeth Wright

Overview

First published in 2002. Modes and categories inherited from the past no longer seem to fit the reality experienced by a new generation. ‘New Accents’ is intended as a positive response to the initiative offered by such a situation. Each volume in the series will seek to encourage rather than resist the process of change, to stretch rather than reinforce the boundaries that currently define literature and its academic study. The purpose of this book is to give a critical overview of what has become a very wide field: the relationship of psychoanalytic theory to the theories of literature and the arts, and the way that developments in both domains have brought about changes in critical practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415291439
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/17/2002
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1; I Introduction; Part I Part I; Chapter 2 Classical psychoanalysis: Freud; Chapter 3 Classical Freudian criticism: id-psychology; Chapter 4 Post-Freudian criticism: ego-psychology; Chapter 5 Archetypal criticism: Jung and the collective unconscious; Part II Part II; Chapter 6 Object-relations theory: self and other; Part III Part III; Chapter 7 Structural psychoanalysis: psyche as text; Chapter 8 Post-structural psychoanalysis: text as psyche; Part IV Part IV; Chapter 9 Psychoanalysis and ideology: focus on the unconscious and society; Chapter 10 Conclusion; References; Further reading Index;

Editorial Reviews

Overviews the relation of psychoanalytic theory to theories of literature and the arts, and looks at changes in critical practice that developments in both domains have produced. Beginning with Freud, this account deals with those psychoanalysts and critics who have been major contributors to the criticism of literature, the arts, and popular culture. Included also are theorists, such as Derrida and Foucault, who have made an impact on psychoanalytic criticism. This new edition includes insights of psychoanalysis itself that would contribute to the understanding of recent shifts in ideology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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