Melville, shame, and the evil eye : a psychoanalytic reading / Joseph Adamson. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adamson, Joseph, 1950-

Series:

SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture

SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture Melville, shame, and the evil eye

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Knowledge--Psychology.

Melville, Herman.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Psychology.

Psychoanalysis and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.

Psychological fiction, American.

Novelists, American--19th century--Psychology.

Novelists, American.

Evil eye in literature.

Shame in literature.

Psychoanalysis and literature--United States.

Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism--19th century--United States.

Novelists, American--Psychology.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study offers a complex analysis of the psychodynamic role of shame in Melville's work, with detailed readings of Moby-Dick, Pierre, and "Billy Budd." Its concrete application of the rich analytic framework supplied by work of such theorists as Heinz Kohut, Leon Wurmser, Silvan Tomkins, and Donald Nathanson implicitly challenges the contemporary reliance on an often abstract poststructuralist model of psychoanalysis.

Contents:

Melville and shame

pt. 1. Shame and attachment : How to make a misanthrope ; Mortifying inter-indebtedness ; The inexorable self

pt. 2. Shame, resentment, and envy : Motiveless malignity ; Turning the tables

pt. 3. The evil eye : Dangerous mergers ; The evil eye

"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-335) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-7914-9426-8

0-585-04259-4