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Using Attachment Theory as a frame of reference to critically analyse grief in the works of James Joyce, Attachment and Loss in the Works of James Joyce allows for new and innovative readings to emerge, opening another avenue in the debate regarding cognition and literature.
List of contents
Part 1: Theory
Chapter 1: The Development of Attachment Theory
Chapter 2: Attachment Theory: A Universal Theory
Chapter 3: The Representation of Character and Reader Response
Chapter 4: Attachment Theory and Literary Interpretation
Part 2: The Portrayal of the Emotional Impact of Bereavement and Ensuing Grief
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 5: "The Sisters": Anticipatory Grief in a Securely Attached Individual
Chapter 6: Master Dignam: Sudden Bereavement and Anxious/Ambivalent. Attachment
Chapter 7: "Eveline": Unresolved Grief and the Pull of the Dead
Chapter 8: The Dead": Disenfranchised Grief, Idealisation of the Deceased and the Effect of Living
Part 3: Character Traits and Individual Expression of Grief: Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and Molly Bloom
Part 3 Introduction
Chapter 9: Stephen Dedalus
Chapter 10: Leopold and Molly Bloom
Part 4: Joyce, Religion and the Portrayal of the Grief of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom
Part 4 Introduction
Chapter 11: Joyce, Catholicism and Family
Chapter 12: Stephen Dedalus: Grief, Guilt and Remorse of Conscience
Chapter 13: Leopold Bloom: Grieving in Isolation
About the author
Linda Horsnell is a visiting researcher at the University of East Anglia.
Summary
Using Attachment Theory as a frame of reference to critically analyse grief in the works of James Joyce, Attachment and Loss in the Works of James Joyce allows for new and innovative readings to emerge, opening another avenue in the debate regarding cognition and literature.
