Oedipus against Freud: Myth and the End(s) of Humanism in 20th Century British Lit

Bradley W. Buchanan

Published by University of Toronto Press 2010

Oedipus against Freud

Myth and the End(s) of Humanism in 20th Century British Lit

Bradley W. Buchanan

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442687158

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In Oedipus Against Freud, Bradley W. Buchanan re-examines the Oedipal narratives of authors such as D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce in order to explore their conflicted attitudes towards the humanism that underpins Freud's views.

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Buchanan Bradley W. :

Bradley W. Buchanan is Associate Professor of English at California State University, Sacramento.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Used in Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Oedipus Before Freud: Humanism and Myth in H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Oedipus Against Freud: The Origins of D.H. Lawrence’s Anti-Humanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. Anti-Humanists at Colonus: The Oedipus Myth in Wyndham Lewis and T.S. Eliot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3. Dystopian Oedipus: Freudianism and Totalitarianism in Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Malcolm Lowry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4. Freudful Mistakes in Sphinxish Pairc: Oedipal Humanism and Irish Nationalism in W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
5. Oedipus Que(e)ried: Humanism, Sexuality, and Gender in E.M. Forster and Virginia Woolf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Conclusion: Oedipus Reconsidered: Humanism as a Post-Structuralist Narrative in Christine Brooke-Rose and Zadie Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
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- Main content: 208

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Published: December 31, 2010
ISBN: 9781442687158