Integrating literary studies with ecocriticism and Jungian concepts, this work explores the intersection of psychology, science, and evolution through the lens of literature. It delves into the aesthetic dimensions of psychological and scientific themes, particularly focusing on the evolution of ideas in the works of Shakespeare and Jane Austen. By combining these diverse fields, the book offers a unique perspective on the relationship between literature and ecological consciousness.
Exploring concepts like archetypes, anima and animus, the unconscious, and synchronicity, this introductory book provides a framework for analyzing literature. It features clearly explained key concepts and summary points for each chapter, making complex ideas accessible to readers.
Jung: A Feminist Revision explores the relationship between feminist theory and Jungian studies.
Does art connect the individual psyche to history and culture? Psyche and the Arts challenges existing ideas about the relationship between Jung and art, and offers exciting new dimensions to key issues such as the role of image in popular culture, and the division of psyche and matter in art form. Divided into three sections - Getting into Art, Challenging the Critical Space and Interpreting Art in the World - the text shows how Jungian ideas can work with the arts to illuminate both psychological theory and aesthetic response. Psyche and the Arts offers new critical visions of literature, film, music, architecture and painting, as something alive in the experience of creators and audiences challenging previous Jungian criticism. This approach demonstrates Jung’s own belief that art is a healing response to collective cultural norms. This diverse yet focused collection from international contributors invites the reader to seek personal and cultural value in the arts, and will be essential reading for Jungian analysts, trainees and those more generally interested in the arts.
The story follows former Archivist Mary Wandwalker as she uncovers the truth about her alma mater's prized medieval alchemy scroll, revealing it to be a seventeenth-century copy. The original, linked to the alchemist Robert Le More, disappeared in colonial Connecticut. When the genuine scroll reappears in Los Angeles, Mary must embark on a mission to retrieve it, as its recovery is crucial for the survival of her Oxford college. The narrative blends elements of mystery and historical intrigue.
Revisioning psychology and literature in C.G. Jung and James Hillman
The book explores a transformative paradigm for the 21st century, centered on the myth of a god who undergoes dismemberment and rebirth, symbolizing profound renewal. This narrative serves as a metaphor for contemporary societal changes and the potential for regeneration in various aspects of life. Through this lens, the author invites readers to reconsider the cycles of destruction and creation that shape human experience.
Rowland presents a detailed exploration of how the archetypes of ancient goddesses Hestia, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite breathe into and shape female-authored detective fiction. Representing aspects of characterisation not bound by gender, the book examines how these archetypes emerge in themes like the home and hearth, hunting, survival and desire. Rowland assesses numerous examples from a range of works, providing a clear illustration of each archetype and illuminating aspects of femininity, psyche and being. This uniquely interdisciplinary work of literary analysis sheds light on the popularity and underlying mystique of the genre.
First published 2010 by Spring Journal Books.