Dynamic Psychology in Modern British Fiction
Dynamic Psychology in Modern British Fiction
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Author(s): Johnson, George M.
ISBN No.: 9781403942289
Pages: xxix, 240
Year: 200510
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 75.89
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List of Illustrations * Preface * Introduction * PART1: PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY * Consciousness and Idealism * The Unconscious and Romantic Philosophy * Dynamic Psychologies of Self * Henri Bergson: The Metaphysics of Selfhood * William McDougall: The Social Psyche 'here and now' * PART 2: MEDICINE, MENTAL SCIENCE, AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH * Medicine: Hysteria and Hypnosis * Pierre Janet's Dynamic Psychology * Medical Psychology in Britain * Mental Science in Britain * Psychical Research * PART 3: 'A PIECE OF PSYCHO-ANALYSIS': BRITISH RESPONSES TO LATER DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY * Introduction * Pre-First World War * Inter-War Years * Post-War Years * PART 4: MAY SINCLAIR: THE EVOLUTION OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVELIST * Sinclair's Psychological Artistry * Selfhood and Sacrifice: Fiction 1897-1910 * Sex and the Supernormal: Fiction 1911-1918 * Repressions and Revolutions in Form: Fiction 1919-1922 * PART 5: FROM EDWARDIAN TO GEORGIAN PSYCHICAL REALISM: BENNETT, LAWRENCE AND BERESFORD * Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Brown, and 'a glimpse' atThe Ghost *D.H. Lawrence: Dynamic Consciousness and Allotropic States * J.D. Beresford: A Case Study in Psychical Realism * PART 6: 'THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE': VIRGINIA WOOLF'S RESPONSE TO DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY * PART 7: DIVING DEEPER: DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY AND MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE * Notes * Works Cited * Index.


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