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D.H. Lawrence and the paradoxes of psychic life /

"Contributing to the debate about D.H. Lawrence's relationship with and fictional portrayal of women, this book discusses how the dynamic tensions of his art dramatically reenact the competing forces of psychic and relational life. In her examination of Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schapiro, Barbara A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1999.
Colección:SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Lawrence and this (female psychoanalytic) reader
  • Lawrence and psychoanalytic relational theories
  • Intersubjectivity
  • Intersubjectivity, gender, and domination: Jessica Benjamin's theory
  • Lawrence's biography
  • Previous psychoanalytic criticism of Lawrence
  • An intersubjective approach to Lawrence: polarities and paradoxes
  • Sons and lovers
  • Gertrude and Paul: the depressed mother and the dependent child
  • Miriam and Paul: self-mistrust and the failure of otherness
  • Clara and Paul: depersonalization and the psyche/soma split
  • Walter, Baxter, and Paul: the rejected father and the need for recognition
  • Paul: the maternal heritage
  • The short stories
  • "New Eve and old Adam," "Odour of chrysanthemums," "The shadow in the rose garden," "Sun": mutual recognition and the bodily self
  • "The Prussian officer," "The blind man," "The princess," "The woman who rode away": intersubjective collapse and the domination-submission polarity
  • "The horse-dealer's daughter": confronting shame and the struggle to love
  • The rainbow
  • Tom and Lydia: sustaining the maternal identification and the development of faith
  • Anna and Will: deficiency, shame, and the will to dominate
  • Ursula and others: intersubjectivity and the quest for authenticity
  • Women in love
  • Gerald and Gudrun: the sadomasochistic scenario
  • Birkin and Gerald: seeking the narcissistic ideal
  • Birkin and Ursula: maintaining the vital tension.