Transformation of Rage : Mourning and Creativity in George Eliot's Fiction.

George Eliot has been widely praised both for the richness of her prose and the universality of her themes. In this compelling study, Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone goes beyond these traditional foci to examine the role of aggression in Eliot's fiction and to find its source in the author's unco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnstone, Peggy Fitzhugh
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : NYU Press, 1994.
Series:	Literature & Psychoanalysis S.
Subjects:	Eliot, George, > 1819-1880 > Knowledge > Psychology. Eliot, George, > 1819-1880. Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism. Characters and characteristics in literature. Psychoanalysis and literature > England. Creativity in literature. Emotions in literature. Grief in literature. Anger in literature. Literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Psychoanalysis and literature. Psychological fiction, English. Psychology. England. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE Self-Disorder and Aggression in Adam Bede; TWO Narcissistic Rage in The Mill on the Floss; THREE Loss, Anxiety, and Cure: Mourning and Creativity in Silas Marner; FOUR Pathological Narcissism in Romola; FIVE Fear of the Mob in Felix Holt; SIX The Vast Wreck of Ambitious Ideals in Middlemarch; SEVEN The Pattern of the Myth of Narcissus in Daniel Deronda; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index.