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The novels published by Isabelle de Charrière before the French Revolution offer a perceptive account of the psychology and the social climate of the late eighteenth century. The anti-Freudian psychoanalysis of the neurologist and psychiatrist Heinz Kohut (1913-81) is used in this study as a means of developing an awareness of the position of the fictional characters. Feminist and Freudian readings of Charrière's novels of the 1780s have stressed the closed' deterministic atmosphere of contemporary society; this new study emphasises what can be called the modern' side of the novels: patriarchal society and individual needs confront each other and allow the relationships to be seen in a new light. By means of Kohut's notion of selfobject' a rich insight is gained into the complex relationships described by Isabelle de Charrière.

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    A Paperback / softback by Jelka Samsom, Malcolm Cook, James Kearns

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      Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/03/2005
      ISBN13: 9783039101870, 978-3039101870
      ISBN10: 3039101870

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      Book Synopsis
      The novels published by Isabelle de Charrière before the French Revolution offer a perceptive account of the psychology and the social climate of the late eighteenth century. The anti-Freudian psychoanalysis of the neurologist and psychiatrist Heinz Kohut (1913-81) is used in this study as a means of developing an awareness of the position of the fictional characters. Feminist and Freudian readings of Charrière's novels of the 1780s have stressed the closed' deterministic atmosphere of contemporary society; this new study emphasises what can be called the modern' side of the novels: patriarchal society and individual needs confront each other and allow the relationships to be seen in a new light. By means of Kohut's notion of selfobject' a rich insight is gained into the complex relationships described by Isabelle de Charrière.

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