The effective protagonist in the nineteenth-century British novel : Scott, Bronte, Eliot, Wilde / Terence Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Terence.

Series:

Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)

Nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.

Brontë, Emily.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Silas Marner.

Eliot, George.

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Ivanhoe.

Scott, Walter.

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Picture of Dorian Gray.

Wilde, Oscar.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English fiction--19th century--Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot : Ashgate, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel is an experiment in post-Jungian literary criticism and methodology. Its primary aim is to challenge current views about the correlation between narrative structure, gender, and the governing psychological dilemma in four nineteenth-century British novels. The overarching argument is that the opening situation in a novel represents an implicit challenge facing not the obvious hero/heroine but the individual that Terence Dawson defines as the ""effective protagonist."" To illustrate his claim, Dawson pairs two sets of novels with

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; The Nineteenth Century General Editors' Preface; Introduction; On Critical Assumptions; On the Adjective 'Jungian'; A Post-Jungian Methodology; Anima/Animus Possession; The Effective Protagonist in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel; Objectives; PART ONE: ANIMA POSSESSION; 1. 'A Victim of his Own Contending Passions': Ivanhoe, Cedric of Rotherwood and the Logic of Romance; 2. 'Man's Deeper Nature is Soon Found Out': Psychological Typology, the Puer Aeternus, and Fear of the Feminine in The Picture of Dorian Gray

PART TWO: ANIMUS POSSESSION3. 'An Oppression Past Explaining': Wuthering Heights and the Struggle for Deliverance from the Father; 4. 'Light Enough To Trusten By': Structure and Experience in Silas Marner; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-61593-2

1-317-03454-6

1-317-03453-8

1-281-09756-X

9786611097561

0-7546-8193-9

9781315615936

OCLC:

437113558