LEADER 04546nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910817936503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-58154-5 010 $a9780415155769 010 $a0-203-15576-9 010 $a1-136-58155-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000162030 035 $a(EBL)958747 035 $a(OCoLC)798530421 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000623143 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11348867 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000623143 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10648026 035 $a(PQKB)11446101 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958747 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL958747 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542179 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL762594 035 $a(OCoLC)782918641 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780203155769 035 $a(OCoLC)729721221 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139150 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000162030 100 $a20110606d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||| ||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMidlife transformation in literature and film $eJungian and Eriksonian perspectives /$fSteven F. Walker 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York, NY $cRoutledge$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-66699-6 311 $a0-415-66698-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [232]-237) and index. 327 $aMidlife Transformation in Literature and Film; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Jung, Erikson, midlife transformation and the oneiric text; Chapter 2 The shadow and the contrasexual side at midlife; Chapter 3 Oedipus, mentors and male midlife transformation; Chapter 4 Ariadne, abandonment and female midlife initiation; Chapter 5 Homer's Odyssey and midlife transformation; Chapter 6 Tragedy, inflation and midlife transformation; Chapter 7 Modernist midlife initiations: Marcel in Proust's Time Regained and Clarissa in Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 327 $aChapter 8 Some classical Hindu perspectives on midlifeBibliography; Index 330 3 $aIn this book, Steven F. Walker considers the midlife transition from a Jungian and Eriksonian perspective, by providing vivid and powerful literary and cinematic examples that illustrate the psychological theories in a clear and entertaining way. For C.G. Jung, midlife is a time for personal transformation, when the values of youth are replaced by a different set of values, and when the need to succeed in the world gives place to the desire to participate more in the culture of one?s age and to further its development in all kinds of different ways. Erik Erikson saw "generativity," an expanded concern for others beyond one's immediate circle of family and friends, as the hallmark of this stage of life. Both psychologists saw it as a time for growth and renewal. Literary texts such Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, or Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and films such as Fellini's 8 ½ and Campion's The Piano, have the capacity to represent, sometimes more vividly and with greater dramatic concentration than actual life histories or case studies, the archetypal nature of the drama and in-depth transformation associated with the midlife transition. Midlife Transformation in Literature and Film focuses on the specific male and female archetypal paradigms and presents them within the general context of midlife transformation. For men, the theme of death of the young hero presides over the crisis and the transformative ordeal, whereas for women the theme of tragic abandonment acts as the prelude to further growth and independence. This book is essential reading for anyone studying Jung, Erikson, or the midlife transition. It will interest those who have already been through a midlife transition, those who are in the midst of one, as well as those who are yet to experience this challenging period. 606 $aMiddle age$xPsychological aspects 606 $aMiddle-aged persons in literature 606 $aMiddle age in motion pictures 615 0$aMiddle age$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aMiddle-aged persons in literature. 615 0$aMiddle age in motion pictures. 676 $a155.6/6825 700 $aWalker$b Steven F.$f1944-$0150111 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817936503321 996 $aMidlife Transformation in Literature and Film$93953499 997 $aUNINA