Psychological Approach to Fiction - Studies in Thackeray, Stendhal, George Eliot, Dostoevsky, and Conrad

Psychology helps us to talk about what the novelist knows, but fiction helps us to know what the psychologist is talking about

List of contents

Preface
Preface to the Transaction Edition
I. The Uses of Psychology: Characters and Implied Authors
II. The Psychology Used: Horney, Maslow and the Third Force
III. The Psychic Structure of Vanity Fair
IV. The Transformation of Julien Sorel
V. The Inner Conflicts of Maggie Tulliver
VI. The Withdrawn Man: Notes from Underground
VII. The Dramatization of Interpretation: Lord Jim
VIII. Powers and Limitations of the Approach
Notes
Index

About the author

Bernard J. Paris

Summary

Psychology helps us to talk about what the novelist knows, but fiction helps us to know what the psychologist is talking about

Product details

• Authors: Bernard J Paris, Bernard J. Paris, Paris Bernard J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138518483
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51848-3
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Philosophy, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism