Oedipus against Freud : Myth and the End(s) of Humanism in 20th Century British Lit /

Arguing that Sigmund Freud's interpretation of the Oedipus myth has unduly influenced studies of the works of Modernist writers, Buchanan re-examines the Oedipal narratives of authors such as D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce in order to explore their confli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Buchanan, Bradley, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Oedipus > (Greek mythological figure)
Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939.
Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939 > Criticism and interpretation.
Oedipus > (Greek mythological figure) > In literature.
Literature.
Humanism in literature.
English literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
PHILOSOPHY > Criticism.
Humanisme dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Oedipus against Freud: the origins of D.H. Lawrence's anti-humanism
  • Anti-humanists at Colonus: the Oedipus myth in Wyndham Lewis and T.S. Eliot
  • Dystopian Oedipus: Freudianism and totalitarianism in Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Malcolm Lowry
  • Freudful mistakes in sphinxish pairc: Oedipal humanism and Irish nationalism in W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett
  • Oedipus que(e)ried: humanism, sexuality, and gender in E.M. Forster and Virginia Woolf.

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