David B Diamond

Psychoanalytic Readings of Hawthorne's Romances

Narratives of Unconscious Crisis and Transformation

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Produktbeschreibung

Offering innovative, psychoanalytic readings of Nathaniel Hawthorne's mature novels, this volume expertly applies Freudian theory to present new insights into the psychology of Hawthorne's characters and their fates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780367759094
• ISBN-10: 0367759098
• Artikelnr.: 62187684

Autorenporträt

David B. Diamond is a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist in clinical practice. He was formerly Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and served as Director of Outpatient Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Transformations of Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter: "That
self was gone!"
3. The Transformation of Holgrave in The House of the Seven Gables: "The
black moment became at once a blissful one"
4. Zenobia's Suicide in The Blithedale Romance: "But, all this while, we
have been standing by Zenobia's grave"
5. Miriam's Transformation in The Marble Faun: "The tragic dignity of their
hour of crime"
6. Hester's Return to Boston in The Scarlet Letter: "Her whole orb of life
both before and after, was connected with this spot, as with the one point
that gave it unity"
Afterword: Hawthorne beyond the Couch
Index