Katherine Mansfield and psychology:

Explores the multiple ways in which Mansfield's fiction resonates with the landscapes opened up by psychology and psychoanalysis.<p>In line with the recent surge of critical interest in early psychology, the contributors read Mansfield's work alongside figures like William James and...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Hanson, Clare (HerausgeberIn), Kimber, Gerri (HerausgeberIn), Martin, W. Todd (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2016
Schriftenreihe:Katherine Mansfield studies v. 8
Schlagwörter:
Links:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781474417556/type/BOOK
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781474417556/type/BOOK
Zusammenfassung:Explores the multiple ways in which Mansfield's fiction resonates with the landscapes opened up by psychology and psychoanalysis.<p>In line with the recent surge of critical interest in early psychology, the contributors read Mansfield's work alongside figures like William James and Henri Bergson, opening up new perspectives on affect in her work. While these essays trace strands within the intellectual milieu in which Mansfield came of age, others explore the intricate interplay between Mansfield's fiction and Freudian theory, seeing her work as emblematic of the uncanny doubling of modernist literature and psychoanalysis.</p>Key Features<ul><li>New readings of Mansfield's work alongside figures like William James, Théodule Ribot and Henri Bergson</li><li>New perspectives on the representation of affect and emotion in Mansfield's fiction</li><li>The essays open up novel ways of thinking about fiction of unrivalled psychological complexity</li><li>Mansfield's work is shown to be emblematic of the uncanny doubling of modernist literature and psychoanalysis</li></ul>
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017)
Umfang:1 online resource (ix, 211 pages)
ISBN:9781474417556