Melville, shame, and the evil eye : a psychoanalytic reading / Joseph Adamson.
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TextLanguage: English Series: SUNY series in psychoanalysis and cultureNew York : State University of New York Press, 1997 ©1997Description: 348 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0791432807 (paperback)Subject(s): Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- Psychology | Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Psychology | Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism | Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Psychology | Psychoanalysis and literature -- United States | Evil eye in literature | Shame in literatureLOC classification: PS2388.P8 A43 1997Summary: This study offers a complex analysis of the psychodynamic role of shame in Melville's work, with detailed readings of Moby-Dick, Pierre, and "Billy Budd." Its concrete application of the rich analytic framework supplied by work of such theorists as Heinz Kohut, Leon Wurmser, Silvan Tomkins, and Donald Nathanson implicitly challenges the contemporary reliance on an often abstract poststructuralist model of psychoanalysis.
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi | Genel Koleksiyon | PS 2388 .P8 A43 1997 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0000394 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-335) and index.
This study offers a complex analysis of the psychodynamic role of shame in Melville's work, with detailed readings of Moby-Dick, Pierre, and "Billy Budd." Its concrete application of the rich analytic framework supplied by work of such theorists as Heinz Kohut, Leon Wurmser, Silvan Tomkins, and Donald Nathanson implicitly challenges the contemporary reliance on an often abstract poststructuralist model of psychoanalysis.
In English.