Novel Relations: Victorian Fiction and British Psychoanalysis
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Novel Relations: Victorian Fiction and British Psychoanalysis
By (Author) Alicia Mireles Professor Christoff
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
24th February 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Literary theory
Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology
820.9008
Physical Properties
Hardback
288
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
Novel Relations engages twentieth-century post-Freudian British psychoanalysis in an unprecedented way: as literary theory. Placing the writing of figures like D. W. Winnicott, W. R. Bion, Michael and Enid Balint, Joan Riviere, Paula Heimann, and Betty Joseph in conversation with canonical Victorian fiction, Alicia Christoff reveals just how much o
Reviews
"Winner of the Sonya Rudikoff Award, Northeast Victorian Studies Association"
"Winner of the Courage to Dream Book Prize, American Psychoanalytic Association"
"Christoff writes beautifully and passionately, and her interpretations are fascinating."---Jane O'Grady, Times Higher Education
"A fascinating, deeply rewarding study, which helps us think afresh about how the Victorian novel alerts us to our most vital shared experiences."---Fraser Riddell, Victoriographies
Author Bio
Alicia Mireles Christoff is assistant professor of English at Amherst College.
