1st Edition

Jung as a Writer

By Susan Rowland Copyright 2005
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

Jung as a Writer traces a relationship between Jung and literature by analysing his texts using the methodology of literary theory. This investigation serves to illuminate the literary nature of Jung’s writing in order to shed new light on his psychology and its relationship with literature as a cultural practice. Jung employed literary devices throughout his writing, including direct and... Read more

Introduction: Jung and Literature ('Poetry' CW15, 'Psychology and Literature' CW15, 'Ulysses' CW15).  Myth: Representing the Self in Auto/biography (Memories, Dreams, Reflections 1963/1983 and 'Answer to Job', CW11). Gender: the Dialectic of Anima and Animus (Memories, Dreams, Reflections 1963/1983, 'On Spooks' CW18, Jung's Doctoral Thesis CW1, 'Anima and Animus' CW7). Argument: Writing Beyond Tragic Science in 'On the Nature of the Psyche' (CW8). Nature: Alchemy and Ecocriticism (Psychology and Alchemy, CW12). History: Time, Space and Chronotope: (Aion, CW9ii). Culture: Ethics, Synchronicity and the Goddess ('Synchronicity', CW8, 'Kore', CW9i, 'Trickster', CW9i). Epilogue: Hamlet and Psyche.

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Susan Rowland