The (M)other Tongue : Essays in Feminist Psychoanalytic Interpretation / Claire Kahane, Madelon S. Sprengnether, Shirley N. Garner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garner, Shirley N., Author.

Kahane, Claire, Author.

Sprengnether, Madelon S., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology & Psychiatry.

Local Subjects:

Psychology & Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mother tongue.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This timely and provocative collection of sixteen essays combines feminist and psychoanalytic approaches to literary theory and to the reading of literary texts. It demonstrates not only the ways in which psychoanalytic theory can illuminate traditional literary texts, but also the ways in which feminist theory can modify, enlarge, and in some instances transform the body of psychoanalytic literature.Treating psychoanalysis as a form of narrative as well as a method of interpretation, the editors have divided their collection into three sections: 1) interpretations of the relation between contemporary feminism and Freud; 2) rereadings of classic patriarchal texts in the light of psychoanalytic feminism; and 3) readings of texts by women writers that have subverted patriarchal structures and given authoritative new voice to the maternal figure. Many of the essays make original contributions to the current debate about the conjunction of Freud and feminism; others offer innovative readings of specific texts that illustrate the significance of that relation. The Introduction provides an up-to-date survey of feminist psychoanalytic theory and enumerates the central issues.Because of the diversity of critical perspectives it offers and the range of texts it considers, this rich and important book will attract a broad spectrum of readers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Feminists On Freud

1. The Father's Seduction / Gallop, Jane

2. Enforcing Oedipus: Freud And Dora / Sprengnether, Madelon

3. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle: Recent Gender Theories And Their Implications / Kahn, Coppélia

4. Hysteria, Psychoanalysis, And Feminism: The Case Of Anna O. / Hunter, Dianne

Part II. Rereading Patriarchal Texts

5. "This Is And Is Not Cressid ": The Characterization Of Cressida / Adelman, Janet

6. Difference And Silence: John Milton And The Question Of Gender / Swan, Jim

7. The Mother Tongue: Christabel And The Language Of Love / Durham, Margery

8. Mrs. Hawthorne's Headache: Reading The Scarlet Letter / Leverenz, David

9. Eugénie Grandet: Mirrors and MelanchoHa / Schor, Naomi

PART III. WOMEN REWRITING WOMAN

10. A Map for Rereading; or, Gender and the Interpretation of Literary Texts / Kolodny, Annette

11. Class, Gender, and Family System: The Case of George Sand / Deutelbaum, Wendy / Huff, Cynthia

12. Women and Men in Doris Lessing's Golden Notebook: Divided Selve / Greene, Gayle

13. Writing as Difference in Violette Leduc's Autobiography, La Bâtarde / Evans, Martha Noel

14. "Women Together " in Virginia Woolfs Night and Day / Garner, Shirley Nelson

15. The Gothic Mirror / Kahane, Claire

16. Writing and Motherhood / Suleiman, Susan Rubin

Contributors

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5017-4195-0

OCLC:

1110716825