Psychology of the Grotesque in August Strindberg’s the Ghost Sonata
| Author: | Converse, Terry | |
| Year: | 1999 | |
| Pages: | 268 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-8207-5 978-0-7734-8207-4 | |
| Price: | $199.95 + shipping | |
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In addition to a comprehensive Jungian analysis of the play, this study provides a psychological definition of the grotesque which may be used as a critical model for other literary works that involve a grotesque vision.
Table of Contents
Table of contents:
Part 1: The Critical Method
1.Toward a Definition of the Grotesque
2.Puer and Senex Grotesquerie
Part 2: Textual Analysis
3.Puer Grotesquerie: the Collapse of the Child's House
4.From Shadow to Sun: The Culmination of Puer Grotesquerie
5.Senex Grotesquerie: The Culmination of Puer Grotesquerie
6.Jacob's Struggle: The Collapse of the Father's House
7.Anima as Mirror: Narcissistic Reflections Toward Wholeness
8.Falling Through the Mirror: The Culmination of Senex Grotesquerie
9.Other Theories of the Grotesque
List of Works Cited
Part 1: The Critical Method
1.Toward a Definition of the Grotesque
2.Puer and Senex Grotesquerie
Part 2: Textual Analysis
3.Puer Grotesquerie: the Collapse of the Child's House
4.From Shadow to Sun: The Culmination of Puer Grotesquerie
5.Senex Grotesquerie: The Culmination of Puer Grotesquerie
6.Jacob's Struggle: The Collapse of the Father's House
7.Anima as Mirror: Narcissistic Reflections Toward Wholeness
8.Falling Through the Mirror: The Culmination of Senex Grotesquerie
9.Other Theories of the Grotesque
List of Works Cited