Imagined Human Beings: A Psychological Approach to Character and Conflict in Literature
One of literature's greatest gifts is its portrayal of realistically drawn characters--human beings in whom we can recognize motivations and emotions. In Imagined Human Beings, Bernard J. Paris explores the inner conflicts of some of literature's most famous characters, using Karen Horney's psychoanalytic theories to understand the behavior of these characters as we would the behavior of real people. When realistically drawn characters are understood in psychological terms, they tend to escape their roles in the plot and thus subvert the view of them advanced by the author. A Horneyan approach both alerts us to conflicts between plot and char…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8147-6656-9
- EAN: 9780814766569
- Produktnummer: 1544307
- Verlag: New York Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H22.4 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.9 cm 417 g
- Auflage: New
- Reihenbandnummer: 2
- Gewicht: 417
Über den Autor
Bernard J. Paris is the author of seven books, including Karen Horney: A Psychoanalyst's Search for Self-Understanding (selected by the New York Times as a Notable Book for 1994), and director of the International Karen Horney Society.
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