Unfolding the Mind : The Unconscious in American Romanticism and Literary Theory.
Steele, Jeffrey.
Unfolding the Mind : The Unconscious in American Romanticism and Literary Theory. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (294 pages) - Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory Series . - Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Discovering the Unconscious -- 2 Heart of Light or Heart of Darkness: Romantic Organicism and Psychic Energy -- 3 Projective and Interpretive Form -- 4 Sublimation: The Psychological Dialectic of Nature -- 5 Circumscribing the Mind -- 6 Emerson's "Philosophy of History" and Jungian Psychology -- 7 Interpreting the Self -- 8 Aspects of Power: Toward a Phenomenology of the Self -- 9 Masks of Dionysius: Enthusiasm and Inflation in the 19th Century -- 10 Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- Bibliography.
American writers in the 1830's and 1840's felt the need for a new terminology to express their awakening perception of "new" aspects of the mind. Without words like the "unconscious" vast areas of the psyche would have remained unexpressed and thus unapproachable. This "discovery" of the unconscious constitutes to the theme of this study, which was first published in 1987. This title will be of interest to students of literary theory.
9781315529806
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS217.S92.S74 2017eb
810/.9/353
Unfolding the Mind : The Unconscious in American Romanticism and Literary Theory. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (294 pages) - Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory Series . - Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Discovering the Unconscious -- 2 Heart of Light or Heart of Darkness: Romantic Organicism and Psychic Energy -- 3 Projective and Interpretive Form -- 4 Sublimation: The Psychological Dialectic of Nature -- 5 Circumscribing the Mind -- 6 Emerson's "Philosophy of History" and Jungian Psychology -- 7 Interpreting the Self -- 8 Aspects of Power: Toward a Phenomenology of the Self -- 9 Masks of Dionysius: Enthusiasm and Inflation in the 19th Century -- 10 Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- Bibliography.
American writers in the 1830's and 1840's felt the need for a new terminology to express their awakening perception of "new" aspects of the mind. Without words like the "unconscious" vast areas of the psyche would have remained unexpressed and thus unapproachable. This "discovery" of the unconscious constitutes to the theme of this study, which was first published in 1987. This title will be of interest to students of literary theory.
9781315529806
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS217.S92.S74 2017eb
810/.9/353