Midlife transformation in literature and film Jungian and Eriksonian perspectives

In this book, Steven F. Walker considers the midlife transition from a Jungian and Eriksonian perspective, by providing vivid and powerful literary and cinematic examples that illustrate the psychological theories in a clear and entertaining way. For C.G. Jung, midlife is a time for personal transfo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Walker, Steven F., 1944- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York, NY : Routledge 2012.
Edición:First edition
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Midlife Transformation in Literature and Film; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Jung, Erikson, midlife transformation and the oneiric text; Chapter 2 The shadow and the contrasexual side at midlife; Chapter 3 Oedipus, mentors and male midlife transformation; Chapter 4 Ariadne, abandonment and female midlife initiation; Chapter 5 Homer's Odyssey and midlife transformation; Chapter 6 Tragedy, inflation and midlife transformation; Chapter 7 Modernist midlife initiations: Marcel in Proust's Time Regained and Clarissa in Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
  • Chapter 8 Some classical Hindu perspectives on midlifeBibliography; Index