Susan RowlandThe Ecocritical Psyche
Literature, Evolutionary Complexity and Jung
Susan Rowland was Professor of English and Jungian Studies at the University of Greenwich, London, and now is Core Faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California, USA. She was First Chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies from 2004-2006. Susan's work takes Jung into literary theory and literature into myth; her publications include Jung as a Writer (Routledge, 2005) and Psyche and the Arts (Routledge, 2008).
Introduction: The Problem of Writing and Nature for Jung and Evolution. The
Problem of the Body In/Out of Nature for Jane Austen and Seamus Heaney. The
Problem of Heaven and Hell for Emily Bronte. Re-figuring Evolution for
Children's Literature. Hunting Signs with the Trickster Detectives.
Shakespeare's Magical Power. The Writer and the Underworld.