Description |
xiv, 310 pages ; 23 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Mid-Victorian: constraints and masquerades: ch. 1. Nocturnal Dickens: A palimpsest of motives in David Copperfield ; Enigmas of power and impotence: Little Dorrit -- ch. 2. George Eliot and the idolatries of the superego: Body bruised to pleasure soul: The mill on the Floss ; "A great deal of slow poisoning": Daniel Deronda -- pt. 2. Late-Victorians: tragic encounters: ch. 3. Hardy: "full-hearted evensong": "We are the children of the soil": Tess of the d'Ubervilles ; "The spirit unappeased and peregrine": Jude the Obscure -- ch. 4. Conrad: against nature: "Nothing can touch me": Lord Jim ; Fictions of discourse, purpose, and identity in Nostromo -- pt. 3. Modernist: beginning the revaluation: ch. 5. "Become who you are": the optative world of D.H. Lawrence: "The trembling instability" of Women in love ; Choosing between the quick and the dead: three versions of Lady Chatterley's lover -- ch. 6. New heaven, new earth: Joyce and the art of reprojection. |
Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Psychological fiction, English. |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
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Mind and body in literature.
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Mind and body in literature. |
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Desire in literature.
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Desire in literature. |
Indexed Term |
Fiction in English, 1837-1945. Characters Psychology - Critical studies |
Subject |
Roman anglais -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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Roman anglais -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature. |
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Esprit et corps dans la littérature. |
ISBN |
0691065942 alkaline paper $32.50 |
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9780691065946 alkaline paper |
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