Doctor Looks At Literature - Psychological Studies of Life and Letters

First published in 1923, the original blurb reads: "This series of studies by a distinguished neurologist and psychiatrist, who is also an accomplished writer, will stir clamorous approval and dissent. But none who read it will ever view the most modern literature from quite the same angle as before. ...."

List of contents

1. Psychology and Fiction 2. Ireland's Latest Literary Antinomian: James Joyce 3. Fedor Dostoievsky: Tragedist, Prophet, and Psychologist 4. Dorothy Richardson and Her Censor 5. Marcel Proust: Master Psychologist and Pilot of the "Vraie Vie" 6. Two Literary Ladies of London: Katherine Mansfield and Rebecca West 7. Two Lesser Literary Ladies of London: Stella Benson and Virginia Woolf 8. The Psychology of the Diarist: W. N. T. Barbellion 9. The Psychology of the Diarist: Henri-Frédéric Amiel 10. Georges Duhamel: Poet, Pacifist, and Physician 11. Even Yet It Can't Be Told - The Whole Truth about D. H. Lawrence 12. The Joy of Living and Writing About It: John St. Loe Strachey 13. The King of Gath Unto His Servant: Magazine Insanity.

About the author

Joseph Collins (1866-1950) was an American neurologist. He was co-founder to the NewYork Neurological Institute.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Collins
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781041064084
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4106408-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Comparative Literature, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000