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Record Nr.

UNINA9910213828403321

Autore

Paris Bernard J

Titolo

Imagined human beings : a psychological approach to character and conflict in literature / / Bernard J. Paris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : New York University Press, , 1997

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021

©1997

ISBN

0-8147-6791-5

0-585-34741-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 287 p. )

Collana

Literature and Psychoanalysis

Disciplina

809/.93353

Soggetti

Motivation (Psychology) in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series numbering from CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Applications of a horneyan approach -- 2. Horney's mature theory -- 3. A doll’s house and hedda gabler -- 4. The end of the road -- 5. "The clerk's tale" -- 6. The merchant of Venice -- 7. Antigone -- 8. Great expectations -- 9. Jane Eyre -- 10. The mayor of casterbridge -- 11. Madame Bovary -- 12. The awakening -- 13. Wuthering heights -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the author

Sommario/riassunto

Applications of a Horneyan approach -- Horney's mature theory -- A doll's house and Hedda Gabler -- The end of the road -- "The clerk's tale"--The merchant of Venice -- Antigone -- Great expectations -- Jane Eyre -- The mayor of Casterbridge -- Madame Bovary -- The awakening -- Wuthering heights.