1st Edition
A Psychological Approach to Fiction Studies in Thackeray, Stendhal, George Eliot, Dostoevsky, and Conrad
By Bernard J. Paris
Copyright 2010
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
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"Psychology helps us to talk about what the novelist knows, but fiction helps us to know what the psychologist is talking about." So writes the author of this brilliant study. The chief impulse of realistic fiction is mimetic; novels of psychological realism call by their very nature for psychological analysis. This study uses psychology to analyze important characters and to explore the... Read more
Preface Preface to the Transaction Edition I. The Uses of Psychology: Characters and Implied Authors II. The Psychology Used: Horney, Maslow and the Third Force III. The Psychic Structure of Vanity Fair IV. The Transformation of Julien Sorel V. The Inner Conflicts of Maggie Tulliver VI. The Withdrawn Man: Notes from Underground VII. The Dramatization of Interpretation: Lord Jim VIII. Powers and Limitations of the Approach Notes Index
Biography
Bernard J. Paris
