C. G. Jung and Literary Theory: The Challenge from Fiction

245 Pages·1999·11.698 MB·English

by  Susan Rowland (auth.)

C.G. Jung and Literary
Theory
The Challenge from Fiction
Susan Rowland
C. G. JUNG AND LITERARY THEORY
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C. G. Jung and
Literary Theory
The Challenge from Fiction
Susan Rowland
Senior Lecturer in English
University of Greenwich
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C.G. lung and literary theory : the challenge from fiction I Susan
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I. Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961. 2. Criticism.
3. Psychoanalysis and literature. I. Title.
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To my father, K.T. Rowland (1925-93), a writer
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Contents
Acknowledgements viii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction: Beyond Traditional Jungian Literary
Criticism 1
1 Jung for Literature and Literary Theory 9
2 Jung: Political, Cultural and Historical Context 39
3 A Jungian Reader Theory: Alchemy and
The Chymical Wedding by Lindsay Clarke 60
4 Jung and Feminist Narrative: Romantic Virgins in
the Early Novels of Michele Roberts 84
5 Hysterical Jung: Michele Roberts' The Book of
Mrs Noah and In the Red Kitchen 114
6 Jung, Literature and Fascism: Hopeful Monsters by
Nicholas Mosley 141
7 (Post) Colonial Jung: Doris Lessing's
Canopus in Argos 165
8 C.G. Jung and Literary Theory 188
Notes 202
Bibliography 218
Glossary 225
Index 231
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Acknowledgements
All the errors in this book are of my own creation and responsibility
but there are many people whose help has been incalculable. I am
particularly grateful to my doctoral supervisor, Judie Newman of
Newcastle University, for her unflagging encouragement and assis
tance during the early stages of this work. This book would never
have been completed without her invaluable support. I owe a great
deal to Gerard Livingstone for philosophy and patience. Hazel
Davis, a retired Jungian analyst, has been very helpful in discussing
Jungian theory and contemporary analytic practice with me and in
reading early versions of Chapter 1. Colleagues at Liverpool
University English Department sustained this work during re
visions, in particular Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Val Gough and Nick
Davis. Greenwich University has assisted my research both materi
ally and by providing supportive colleagues and congenial
teaching. Special mention should be given to the Theory and
Contemporary Writing class of 1997/8 for lively comments on the
subjects discussed in the following pages. I thank all my family and
friends for their good humour, nourishing meals, computer advice
and practical help.
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Abbreviations
CW for The Collected Works of C.G. Jung, vols. 1-20, A and B, edited by
Sir Herbert Read, Michael Fordham MD, MRCP, Gerhard Adler
PhD, translated by R.F.C. Hull (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,
1953-91).
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