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" . . . a major study of the poetry." -Sandra M. Gilbert, New York Times Book Review
" . . . the first book-length study to approach H.D. from a feminist perspective. . . . Psyche Reborn is a valuable book not only for H.D. specialists but also for those interested in twentieth-century intellectual history." -Cheryl Walker, Signs
" . . . lucid, deeply informed assessment . . . " -Joanne Felt Diehl, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
"Indiana University Press should be heartily commended for promoting Psyche Reborn in paperback, hence making this vital critical work more widely available." -Lesbian and Gay Studies Newsletter
" . . . a richly documented, polemical, and intelligent study . . . Friedman's is a splendid and rewarding achievement." -The Year's Work in English Studies
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: H.D. and Psychoanalytic Tradition
1. Freud as Guardian of Beginnings: Biographical Roots of Psychoanalytic Influence
2. Hieroglyphic Voices: The Unconscious and Psychoanalytic Modes of Translation
3. Delphi of the Mind: The Unconscious as Muse and Prophet\
4. Transcendental Issues: Artist and Scientist in Debate
5. The Professor Was Not Always Right: Woman and Man in Conflict
Part II: H.D. and Religious Tradition
6. Initiations: Biographical Roots of Occult Influence
7. Companions of the Flame: Syncretist Mythmaking in the Crucible of War
8. Born of One Mother: Re-Vision of Patriarchal Tradition
9. Poetics of Conflict and Transcendence: Kabbalah and the Search for Wholeness
Notes
Index
About the author
Susan Stanford Friedman
